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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Broadly speaking, what are Eliza's religious beliefs?
(a) Eliza is an atheist.
(b) Eliza subscribes to an ancient African religion passed on to her by her family.
(c) Eliza is a Muslim.
(d) Eliza is Christian.

3. Who is Eliza?
(a) A female slave on the Haley plantation.
(b) A female slave who has run away in search of freedom.
(c) A female slave on the Harris plantation.
(d) A female slave on the Shelby plantation.

4. What is the first possible solution Mr. Shelby introduces as a possibility for paying Mr. Haley?
(a) Uncle Tom's cabin rent as payment.
(b) Eliza as payment.
(c) Uncle Tom as payment.
(d) Harry as payment.

5. How does Mrs. Selby react to the news that Eliza has escaped?
(a) She is furious.
(b) She faints.
(c) She is secretly delighted.
(d) She expected this would happen and gets a new personal slave for herself.

Short Answer Questions

1. When George meets with Eliza, why does he tell her that he travels so far from the plantation on which he works?

2. To what place does George plan to travel?

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

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. Who is George?

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