WorksheetsWeekly Checkpoint 15
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 22mins
someone willing to give his or her life (or something important) in order for others to be saved/benefit
thicket
carbine
martyr
menace
elude
a bunch of dense/thick shrubs
fugitive
menacing
carbine
thicket
coagulate
What made Booth upset when reading the newspaper articles about the assassination?
Lincoln was still being looked at as an evil person
They pictured his Deringer pistol
The article he wrote was not published
What type of figurative language is this statement "Every building lining the avenue wept with black crepe"?
Idiom
Hyperbole
Personification
Metaphor
How did Dr. Mudd pass the point of no return?
He allowed Booth to stay on his farm for multiple days
He told half-lies to the soldiers and continued to change his story multiple times.
He helped Booth with the assassination
He did nothing for Booth because he didn't want to be punished
What did Booth write about in his date book?
All the people helping him escape
Location of conspirators
His will for his girlfriends
The real reason that he assassinated Lincoln
Why was the letter Booth wrote not published?
The person who was suppose to hand it over to newspaper burned it for fear of suspicion as being associated with the crime
He didn't like Booth
He lost the letter on the way to the newspaper
Police took the letter from him
What did John Wilkes Booth not plan for?
Becoming famous from the assassination
Having so many close friends to help him
Having to stay in hiding for a long period of time
Not having anyone to help him escape
What vocabulary word describes Powell's character the best?
Cower
Assailant
Martyr
Delegate
