Abe's Honest Words
  • 1. What does the word haste mean?
A) helplessness
B) competitiveness
C) weakness
D) quickness
  • 2. Which word means almost the SAME as divided?
A) jagged
B) separated
C) damaged
D) faded
  • 3. What does the word shattered mean?
A) shuffled
B) destroyed
C) shambled
D) deserted
  • 4. What does the word tension mean?
A) belief about or understanding of something
B) feeling of anxiety or fear
C) mental or emotional strain
D) wiliness to yield or surrender
  • 5. What does the word opposed mean?
A) positioned
B) offended
C) possessed
D) disagreed
  • 6. Which word means almost the SAME as perish?
A) disapprove
B) disagree
C) dislike
D) disappear
  • 7. What does the word proclamation mean?
A) the act of relaxing
B) an official public announcement
C) power to capture attention
D) firmness of purpose
  • 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) haste
B) tension
C) address
D) proclamation
  • 9. What was the "hideous sight" that shattered Abraham Lincoln's joy?
A) the Union soldiers
B) the death of war
C) slaves chained together
D) the hunters he ferried down the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers
  • 10. Why did Abraham Lincoln decide to become a lawmaker?
A) to give speeches
B) to help people
C) to become president
D) to end slavery
  • 11. What happened a month before Abraham Lincoln took office as the president
A) Southern troops attacked Fort Sumter.
B) Seven southern states left the Union.
C) Seven southern states joined the Union.
D) He issued the Emancipation Proclamation.
  • 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) the Gettysburg Address
B) the Emancipation Proclamation
C) a story from the Bible
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) For those who have died, we must continue to fight for a new freedom.
D) We must help one another.
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