Abe's Honest Words
  • 1. What does the word haste mean?
A) helplessness
B) weakness
C) quickness
D) competitiveness
  • 2. Which word means almost the SAME as divided?
A) faded
B) separated
C) jagged
D) damaged
  • 3. What does the word shattered mean?
A) shuffled
B) destroyed
C) deserted
D) shambled
  • 4. What does the word tension mean?
A) wiliness to yield or surrender
B) feeling of anxiety or fear
C) belief about or understanding of something
D) mental or emotional strain
  • 5. What does the word opposed mean?
A) offended
B) possessed
C) positioned
D) disagreed
  • 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) firmness of purpose
B) the act of relaxing
C) an official public announcement
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) address
C) haste
D) proclamation
  • 9. What was the "hideous sight" that shattered Abraham Lincoln's joy?
A) the Union soldiers
B) the death of war
C) the hunters he ferried down the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers
D) slaves chained together
  • 10. Why did Abraham Lincoln decide to become a lawmaker?
A) to help people
B) to end slavery
C) to give speeches
D) to become president
  • 11. What happened a month before Abraham Lincoln took office as the president
A) Seven southern states joined the Union.
B) He issued the Emancipation Proclamation.
C) Seven southern states left the Union.
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 Constitution
C) the Gettysburg Address
D) the Emancipation Proclamation
  • 13. What is the MAIN idea of the Gettysburg Address?
A) We must help one another.
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 continue to fight against those from other countries who threaten our liberties.
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