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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 43 and 44.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What "happy days" does Eliza think of as she leaves the Shelby house?
(a) Days happily working in the kitchen.
(b) Days happily learning to read and write with the young master.
(c) Days happily tending Mrs. Shelby.
(d) Days with her husband.

2. Who does Mr. Shelby think that Haley speaks of too casually and disrespectfully?
(a) Eliza and Harry.
(b) Uncle Tom.
(c) The President of the United States.
(d) Mrs. Shelby.

3. The title of this Chapter 6 is "Discovery." Why is this an appropriate chapter title?
(a) The Shelbys discover that they cannot live with the idea of selling their slaves and take back the offer.
(b) Uncle Tom discovers that he does have the courage to run away.
(c) Eliza discovers a spare horse and she and Harry take off on horseback.
(d) The Shelbys discover that Eliza and Harry have run away.

4. When George meets with Eliza, why does he tell her that he travels so far from the plantation on which he works?
(a) He will travel to a place where he will have more freedom than he has now.
(b) He knows he can sell his invention in another city.
(c) He has another wife and child to visit.
(d) He has an ill mother who has no one to care for her.

5. What is it that Aunt Chloe has saved to proudly show Tom when he returns?
(a) Money that was left to her in Mr. Shelby's will.
(b) A record of the money she earned.
(c) A Bible Mrs. Shelby gave her.
(d) A quilt she made for him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Lake Pontchartrain important to the action of Chapter 22?

2. Who is the "quadroon" that is the subject of chapter 34 entitled "The Quadroon's Story?"

3. How does Mrs. Shelby feel about the people who are in charge of the search party?

4. Who is the character "Mas'r George" who is teaching Uncle Tom how to write?

5. When Eliza travels to Canada, what other member of her party is in disguise?

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