Abe's Honest Words
  • 1. What does the word haste mean?
A) weakness
B) quickness
C) helplessness
D) competitiveness
  • 2. Which word means almost the SAME as divided?
A) separated
B) damaged
C) jagged
D) faded
  • 3. What does the word shattered mean?
A) shambled
B) deserted
C) shuffled
D) destroyed
  • 4. What does the word tension mean?
A) mental or emotional strain
B) feeling of anxiety or fear
C) belief about or understanding of something
D) wiliness to yield or surrender
  • 5. What does the word opposed mean?
A) offended
B) possessed
C) disagreed
D) positioned
  • 6. Which word means almost the SAME as perish?
A) disapprove
B) disagree
C) disappear
D) dislike
  • 7. What does the word proclamation mean?
A) an official public announcement
B) the act of relaxing
C) firmness of purpose
D) power to capture attention
  • 8. Read the dictionary entry below.

    Noun: a formal speech
    Verb: write directions on mail

    Which of the following words is defined in the entry above?
A) tension
B) haste
C) address
D) proclamation
  • 9. What was the "hideous sight" that shattered Abraham Lincoln's joy?
A) slaves chained together
B) the death of war
C) the Union soldiers
D) the hunters he ferried down the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers
  • 10. Why did Abraham Lincoln decide to become a lawmaker?
A) to end slavery
B) to become president
C) to give speeches
D) to help people
  • 11. What happened a month before Abraham Lincoln took office as the president
A) Seven southern states joined the Union.
B) Seven southern states left the Union.
C) He issued the Emancipation Proclamation.
D) Southern troops attacked Fort Sumter.
  • 12. Reread this quote from the selection.

    I never, in my life, felt more certain that I was doing right, than I do in the signing this paper. My whole soul is in it.

    What paper was President Lincoln referring to in this quote?
A) a story from the Bible
B) the Gettysburg Address
C) the Emancipation Proclamation
D) the Constitution
  • 13. What is the MAIN idea of the Gettysburg Address?
A) We must continue to fight against those from other countries who threaten our liberties.
B) Our country will only survive when slavery is eliminated.
C) We must help one another.
D) For those who have died, we must continue to fight for a new freedom.
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