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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is one place where George works?
(a) Mr. Haley's plantation.
(b) Mr. Shelby's plantation.
(c) A factory.
(d) The railroad station.

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

3. Who is absent from the plantation when Mr. Shelby and Mr. Haley's agreement moves into action?
(a) Young Master George.
(b) Mr. Shelby.
(c) Mrs. Shelby.
(d) Mose, the child.

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

5. Who is John Von Trompe?
(a) A lawyer who worked with all slave traders in the North.
(b) A person who works as part of the Underground Railroad.
(c) A lawyer whom Haley hired to retrieve Eliza and Harry.
(d) A lawyer who worked against all slave traders who came North.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Mr. Haley leaves Mr. Shelby, what is the awful truth that Mrs. Shelby learns?

2. When does Mrs. Shelby first learn the details about Mr. Haley's visit to the plantation?

3. How could the people who go to search for Eliza and Harry be described?

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

5. Which includes most of the descriptive details of Eliza at the doorstep of the Bird's house?

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