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Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Mary Surratt was the ___ of the tavern in Surrattsville.
proprietor
conspirator
confidant
accomplice
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.
comma
question mark
semicolon
apostrophe
The Confederate central idea is the search for John Wilkes Booth and his co-conspirators.
True
False
George Atzerodt was reluctant to carry out his part of the assassination plot.
True
False
When George Atzerodt was arrested, he _____ two people: Mary Surratt and Dr. Samuel Mudd.
obscured
bewildered
saturated
implicated
Identify the mark of punctuation needed in the following sentence:
Although John Wilkes Booth was putting many families in danger he nevertheless expected hospitality.
no punctuation
comma
semicolon
period
Determine whether the following statement is true or false:
Mary Surratt hid the shooting irons at the tavern in Surrattsville.
True
False
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.
Simple
Compound
Complex
Compound Complex
Determine the type of the following sentence:
Mary Surratt will end up being hanged, but Dr. Samuel Mudd will be set free.
Simple
Compound
Complex
Compound Complex
For four days John Wilkes Booth and David Herold hid in a ___ near to Thomas Jones.
scheme
dragnet
swarm
thicket
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.
no punctuation
simple
compound
complex
Determine whether the following statement is true or false:
The Union dragnet included Secretary of War Edwin Stanton, detectives, police, and cavalry.
True
False
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.
no punctuation
comma
semicolon
period
John Wilkes Booth's derringer was found at Ford's Theater and ___ by the authorities.
jeopardized
eluded
saturated
confiscated
When Abraham Lincoln was shot, many of the theater patrons were ___; they didn't know whether or not it was part of the play.
bewildered
delirious
vulnerable
solemn
