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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 21.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When Mr. Haley leaves Mr. Shelby, what is the awful truth that Mrs. Shelby learns?
(a) Uncle Tom will be sold, but that he can stay until after harvest.
(b) Uncle Tom will be sold and gone tomorrow.
(c) Uncle Tom and Harry will be sold and gone tomorrow.
(d) Harry will be sold and gone tomorrow.

3. At the beginning of Chapter 4, what does "a neat garden patch, where, every summer, strawberries, raspberries, and a variety of fruit and vegetables, flourished" describe?
(a) The exterior of George's house.
(b) The exterior of Eliza's slave quarters.
(c) The exterior of Uncle Tom's cabin.
(d) The exterior of the main house on the plantation.

4. In what state does Senator Bird live?
(a) Kentucky.
(b) Georgia.
(c) West Virginia.
(d) Ohio.

5. Who is Cudjoe?
(a) The Birds' cat.
(b) The Birds' parakeet.
(c) The Birds' dog.
(d) A servant of the Birds'.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Uncle Tom receive the news of the slaves on Shelby plantation being sold?

2. Who is Dinah?

3. Who is the man the reader first meets by name in the tavern where a number of white Kentuckians are drinking and socializing in Chapter 11?

4. What does Eliza tell the Birds when she appears at their house?

5. At the end of the Chapter 16, what aspect of work does Tom say he has experience with?

(see the answer key)

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