Q.1
Read Story 1 - Lincoln's Assassination above. Dr. Charles Leale was in the audience and wrote Story 1 in his book that was published inWhat type of account is Story 1?
  • Firsthand account
  • Secondhand account
  • Thirdhand account
  • It is both first and secondhand accounts.
Q.2
Read Story 1 - Lincoln's Assassination above. What information helps you figure out what type of account this is?
  • Dr. Leale wrote this text in 1909.
  • Dr. Leale was at the Ford Theater when Lincoln was shot.
  • Dr. Leale wrote this from what he heard people say.
  • Dr. Leale wrote what he thought happened even though he didn't see anything.
Q.3
Read Story 2 - Lincoln's Assassination above. This text was written in 2012 by the author who researched information to write this text. What type of account is Story 2?
  • Firsthand account
  • Secondhand account
  • Thirdhand account
  • It is both first and secondhand accounts.
Q.4
Read Story 2 - Lincoln's Assassination above. What information helps you figure out what type of account this is?
  • The author included dates and times.
  • It is about Lincoln's assassination.
  • The author was not at the event.
  • The author includes a lot of details.
Q.5
Read Story 1 andWhat is a similarity in the two texts?
  • Audience members reacted in the same way in both texts.
  • Both texts include the dialogue that was said after the assassination.
  • The settings for both texts take place at Lincoln's home.
  • Booth's immediate reaction after killing the President is the same in both texts.
Q.6
Read Story 1 andWhat is a similarity in the two texts?
  • Booth's leap through the air is detailed with what caused him to fall in both texts.
  • Both texts explain that Booth got injured.
  • Both texts explain what the Ford Theater looked like.
  • Both texts explain what happened before the night of the assassination.
Q.7
Read Story 1 andWhich story begins at the earliest time?
  • They both begin at the same time.
  • Story 1
  • Story 2
  • The reader can't determine which times the stories started.
Q.8
Read Story 1 andWhich story details the time of the murder?
  • They both give the time of the murder.
  • Story 1
  • Story 2
  • Neither story gives times of the murder.
Q.9
Read Story 1 andWhich story describes the audience as realizing that a murder had been committed?
  • Both stories 1 and 2.
  • Story 1
  • Story 2
  • Neither story
Q.10
Read StoryWhy do people think the assassination was part of the play?
  • Because Booth was an actor.
  • Because there was an assassination in the play.
  • Because people shot guns all the time back then.
  • Because the place was dark and they didn't know what had happened.
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