The Fall River, MA Murders

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1. What day and date did the Borden murders take place? Wednesday, August 21, 1892 Tuesday, August 16, 1892 Friday, August 1, 1892 Thursday, August 4, 1892

2. Where was Andrew J. Borden found? Sitting room Kitchen Basement Bedroom

3. Where was Abby Borden found? The master bedroom The guest room The garden The basement

4. Lizzie told Mrs. Churchill that Abby Borden received a note asking her to tend to a sick friend. True False

5. On August 3, 1892, a clerk at Smith's Drug Store told the police that Lizzie attempted to buy 10 cents worth what? sulfuric acid formic acid prussic acid acetic acid

6. On the day of the murders, who told Bridgette to bring the laundry in from outside? Abby Borden Lizzie Andrew J, Borden No one

7. When questioned by the police, Lizzie said that when her father came home she went to the barn to get some metal for fishing sinkers. When the police went to the barn to see if they could find any evidence, what did they find instead? They found the murder weapon. They found evidence that a stranger had indeed been in the barn. They found another body. They found Lizzie hadn't been in the barn that morning.

8. When Lizzie was questioned by the police about the note that Abby Borden had received, what did Lizzie say she did with it? She may have ate it. She may have written over it. She may have misplaced it She may have burned it.

9. Did the police find a hatchet with blood and hair on it? Yes No

10. Where were the autopsies of Andrew J. and Abby Borden performed? morgue dining room table doctor's office the floor

11. What did Lizzie do with a dress a few days after the murders? She donated it to charity. She burned it. She let it out. She dyed it.

12. How many murders was Lizzie charged with? 2 3 1 4

13. When was the date of the trial? June 20, 1894 June 5, 1893 December 24, 1892 September 5, 1892

14. How many opening arguments did prosecutor, William Moody give at the trial? 3 2 5 1

15. Lizzie was found guilty. True False

16. In 1897, what crime was Lizzie charged with? Answer: (One Word)

17. When did Lizzie pass away? August 1, 1928 June 1, 1927 September 1, 1926 December 1, 1929

18. As with all infamous murder cases that remain unsolved, theories abound; the case of Lizzie Borden is no different. One theory says that her uncle, who was staying with the Bordens, killed Lizzie's father and stepmother. What was the name of that uncle? Uncle Morton Uncle Morse Uncle Charlie Uncle Mark

19. In later years the maid, Bridgette, has also been suspected of killing the Bordens? Yes No

20. Finish this nursery rhyme about Lizzie Borden: "Lizzie Borden took an axe and gave her mother ____________________. When she saw what she had done she gave her father _____________." 40 whacks, 41 60 whacks, 61 50 whacks, 51 30 whacks, 31