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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Aunt Chloe's mood on this morning after Eliza's escape?
(a) Happy that Eliza and Harry have escaped.
(b) Sad because she thinks she will never see Tom again.
(c) Worried about the safety of Eliza and Harry.
(d) Sad because she misses Eliza and Harry.

2. What does George accomplish that shows he has talent?
(a) George taught Harry classical music.
(b) George invented a way to measure the efficiency of plantation labor.
(c) George invented an earlier model of the cotton gin.
(d) George invented a hemp-cleaning machine.

3. 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 will travel to a place where he will have more freedom than he has now.
(c) He knows he can sell his invention in another city.
(d) He has an ill mother who has no one to care for her.

4. What is Aunt Chloe's primary responsibility of the plantation?
(a) She is gardener.
(b) She is in charge of all child care.
(c) She is the head cook.
(d) She is in charge of rotating crops.

5. Who says that he/she "wouldn't give a flip" for politics?
(a) Mr. Bird.
(b) Mrs. Bird.
(c) Both.
(d) Neither.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who assumes the role of a preacher when the slaves practice their religion?

2. How does Senator Bird react when his wife objects to the passing of the Fugitive Slave Act?

3. Why does Eliza fear for George to travel so far?

4. 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?

5. What did Aunt Chloe make for breakfast as "the property" prepares to leave the cabin?

(see the answer key)

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