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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Mr. Shelby think that Haley speaks of too casually and disrespectfully?

2. Shortly before Chapter 1 ends, what is Eliza afraid will happen?

3. Who is Aunt Chloe?

4. What happens to Lucy by the end of the Chapter 12?

5. When Phineas is in the town where the Hallidays live, what does he hear a conversation about?

Short Essay Questions

1. What character speaks about laws and says, "we have nothing to do with them; all they are for is to crush us, and keep us down."

2. Compare or contrast Mr. Shelby's and Mr. Haley's opinions on how to treat slaves should be treated.

3. What does the reader learn in Chapters 2 and 3 about Eliza's past as a mother?

4. What is it that offers Mrs. Shelby a moment of worry, then relief at the beginning of Chapter 6?

5. How does Harry's tolerance for being a slave compare or contrast with Eliza's?

6. How does the reader learn that Quakers are anti-slavery?

7. How does one detect a difference in the manners between Mr. Shelby and Mr. Haley?

8. What character says, "don't quote the Bible at me that way," and what does this quotation reveal about his character?

9. What is the author's purpose in having Sam tell the story of Eliza's escape and Mr. Haley's failed attempts to catch her?

10. What effect has studying the Christian religion had on Eliza?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Uncle Tom's Cabin, a novel that exposed slavery was written in 1852; the Declaration of Independence written in 1776 declared "all mean are created equal." While the existence of slavery was proof that all men were not created equal, what evidence is there in the novel that all men were, in fact, created equal?

Essay Topic 2

In the world of Uncle Tom's Cabin slavery is legal, escaping a plantation is illegal, being a slave catcher is a job, and as such, it is legal. How does Stowe explore the theme of legality versus morality through what we learn happens on plantations, the consequences of escaping, and the responsibilities slave catching?

Essay Topic 3

Many of the characters in this novel are representative of qualities that Stowe wants to pit against one another. To that end, contrast the characters of Tom and Legree and discuss what qualities these two characters most embody.

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