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) damaged
C) separated
D) faded
  • 3. What does the word shattered mean?
A) deserted
B) shuffled
C) destroyed
D) shambled
  • 4. What does the word tension mean?
A) mental or emotional strain
B) wiliness to yield or surrender
C) feeling of anxiety or fear
D) belief about or understanding of something
  • 5. What does the word opposed mean?
A) positioned
B) disagreed
C) possessed
D) offended
  • 6. Which word means almost the SAME as perish?
A) disapprove
B) dislike
C) disappear
D) disagree
  • 7. What does the word proclamation mean?
A) the act of relaxing
B) power to capture attention
C) firmness of purpose
D) an official public announcement
  • 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) the death of war
B) the hunters he ferried down the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers
C) slaves chained together
D) the Union soldiers
  • 10. Why did Abraham Lincoln decide to become a lawmaker?
A) to give speeches
B) to become president
C) to end slavery
D) to help people
  • 11. What happened a month before Abraham Lincoln took office as the president
A) He issued the Emancipation Proclamation.
B) Southern troops attacked Fort Sumter.
C) Seven southern states joined the Union.
D) Seven southern states left the Union.
  • 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 Emancipation Proclamation
B) the Gettysburg Address
C) a story from the Bible
D) the Constitution
  • 13. What is the MAIN idea of the Gettysburg Address?
A) For those who have died, we must continue to fight for a new freedom.
B) We must help one another.
C) We must continue to fight against those from other countries who threaten our liberties.
D) Our country will only survive when slavery is eliminated.
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