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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 30, 31 and 32.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is it that Mrs. Bird feels is ignored by the passing of the Fugitive Slave Act?
(a) The Constitution.
(b) Politics.
(c) Economy.
(d) Christianity.

2. What does Eliza tell the Birds when she appears at their house?
(a) A story she made up about being beaten.
(b) The story of her escape and exhaustion.
(c) A story about her evil owners.
(d) A story about her masters not giving her sick child health care.

3. Who is Phineas Fletcher?
(a) A slave catcher.
(b) A slave who wants to join Eliza and George on their journey north.
(c) A white man who supervises the slaves on the Halliday plantation.
(d) A friend of the Hallidays and a fellow Quaker.

4. What does Mrs. Bird do to let Eliza and Harry rest?
(a) Led them to seperate cozy rooms where they could sleep.
(b) Let them fall asleep together on a temporary bed.
(c) Took them to a nearby inn so she would not be violating the Fugitive Slave Act.
(d) Led them in front of the fire where they fell asleep in chairs.

5. As Chapter 30 begins, what is the treatment of slaves at a slave warehouse?
(a) They are asked to sit and they are given a number.
(b) They are asked to give their last two owners' histories.
(c) They are questioned about their strength and given an endurance test.
(d) They are well fed and well cleaned.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the main point of the Fugitive Slave Act?

2. Where is Simon Legree's plantation?

3. At the end of the slave auction, what does Legree promise to give Emmeline if she "is a good girl?"

4. In what state does Senator Bird live?

5. At the slave auction, what does Emmeline do when Legree examined her?

(see the answer key)

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