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Vocabulary/Punctuation

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Mary Surratt was the ___ of the tavern in Surrattsville.

a)

proprietor

b)

conspirator

c)

confidant

d)

accomplice

2.

Identify the punctuation mark needed for the following sentence:

Lewis Powell was arrested at Mary Surratt's boarding house George Atzerodt was found at his cousin's.

a)

comma

b)

question mark

c)

semicolon

d)

apostrophe

3.

The Confederate central idea is the search for John Wilkes Booth and his co-conspirators.

a)

True

b)

False

4.

George Atzerodt was reluctant to carry out his part of the assassination plot.

a)

True

b)

False

5.

When George Atzerodt was arrested, he _____ two people: Mary Surratt and Dr. Samuel Mudd.

a)

obscured

b)

bewildered

c)

saturated

d)

implicated

6.

Identify the mark of punctuation needed in the following sentence:

Although John Wilkes Booth was putting many families in danger he nevertheless expected hospitality.

a)

no punctuation

b)

comma

c)

semicolon

d)

period

7.

Determine whether the following statement is true or false:

Mary Surratt hid the shooting irons at the tavern in Surrattsville.

a)

True

b)

False

8.

Determine the type of the following sentence:

Because John Wilkes Booth and David Herold got turned around, they were still in Maryland when they thought they would be in Virginia.

a)

Simple

b)

Compound

c)

Complex

d)

Compound Complex

9.

Determine the type of the following sentence:

Mary Surratt will end up being hanged, but Dr. Samuel Mudd will be set free.

a)

Simple

b)

Compound

c)

Complex

d)

Compound Complex

10.

For four days John Wilkes Booth and David Herold hid in a ___ near to Thomas Jones.

a)

scheme

b)

dragnet

c)

swarm

d)

thicket

11.

Identify the punctuation needed for the following sentence:

Thomas Jones was never punished because he didn't tell his story until he could no longer be tried.

a)

no punctuation

b)

simple

c)

compound

d)

complex

12.

Determine whether the following statement is true or false:

The Union dragnet included Secretary of War Edwin Stanton, detectives, police, and cavalry.

a)

True

b)

False

13.

Determine the punctuation needed for the following sentence:

If Silas T. Cobb had done his job John Wilkes Booth and David Herold would have most likely been caught days earlier.

a)

no punctuation

b)

comma

c)

semicolon

d)

period

14.

John Wilkes Booth's derringer was found at Ford's Theater and ___ by the authorities.

a)

jeopardized

b)

eluded

c)

saturated

d)

confiscated

15.

When Abraham Lincoln was shot, many of the theater patrons were ___; they didn't know whether or not it was part of the play.

a)

bewildered

b)

delirious

c)

vulnerable

d)

solemn