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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. How many goats does Lieutenant Cecil Stone claim to have in Chapter 27?
(a) 15.
(b) 12.
(c) 19.
(d) 26.
2. What work by Dorothy Meserve Kunhardt and Philip B. Kunhardt Jr. is cited in Chapter 1?
(a) Twenty Days.
(b) Mr. Lincoln’s Washington.
(c) Rise to Greatness.
(d) Our Capital in Time of War.
3. What word from Chapter 35 means feeling or expressing great sorrow or distress?
(a) Inane.
(b) Dolorous.
(c) Articulate.
(d) Decorous.
4. How old does the narrator say he was on his wedding day in Chapter 1?
(a) 35.
(b) 29.
(c) 46.
(d) 42.
5. The raining down of hats and laughter are described in Chapter 34 as the harbingers of whose approach?
(a) The approach of Abraham Lincoln.
(b) The approach of the Three Bachelors.
(c) The approach of the furies.
(d) The approach of God.
Short Answer Questions
1. What word does Betsy Baron describe Cziesniewski as having trying to pronounce?
2. Who wrote to President Lincoln regarding his first reception, asking if the President were aware there was a Civil War going on?
3. Who is the fictional writer accredited with writing Lincoln: A Story for Boys in Chapter 8?
4. Who wrote Reveille in Washington, 1860–1865?
5. Who is the fictional author of Reckoning: An Insider’s Memories of Difficult Times?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Abraham Lincoln do when he enters the mausoleum in Chapter 16?
2. How does Roger Bevins III describe Mrs. Abigail Blass in Chapter 26?
3. How does Hans Vollman describe his death in Chapter 1?
4. What is the inciting incident that transitions the plot to rising action?
5. How is the appearance of Roger Bevins III described in Chapter 9?
6. What are some examples of cited excerpts included in Chapters 3 and 4? What information do they relate?
7. How does Roger Bevins III describe his suicide attempt in Chapter 9?
8. How is the appearance of the Reverend Everly Thomas described in Chapter 9?
9. What does Lieutenant Cecil Stone describe of his life in Chapter 26?
10. What is the significance of the state dinner held by the Lincolns in the novel?
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