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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Mrs. Shelby feel about the people who are in charge of the search party?
(a) She knows their work and is worried they will bring Eliza and her son back and they will be sold.
(b) She wants them to delay and not actually find Eliza and her son.
(c) She is confident that her husband will make things right.
(d) She is so sad that she cannot even discuss this matter.

2. What does Mr. Shelby offer Haley to content him when their business deal gets delayed?
(a) A game of croquet.
(b) A card game.
(c) Dinner.
(d) A chess game.

3. In which state is Chapter 1 set?
(a) Georgia.
(b) Kentucky.
(c) West Virginia.
(d) Virginia.

4. Who apparently knows nothing of Mr. Shelby's debt?
(a) Eliza.
(b) Mr. Haley.
(c) Mrs. Shelby.
(d) Mr. Shelby, himself.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who raised Eliza?

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

3. When does the reader see evidence of the slaves belief in Christianity in Chapter 4?

4. Which character is described as a "mulatto?"

5. Which character eavesdrops on Mr. Shelby and Mr. Haley's conversation?

(see the answer key)

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