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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 14, 15 and 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Mrs. Shelby view the news of "her" slaves being sold?
(a) She feels badly, but accepts the fact that these things happen on plantations.
(b) She feels that she can change her husband's mind.
(c) She is angry and wants to take her favorite slaves and run away.
(d) She feels that it is God's curse on the people involved in slavery.

2. How could the people who go to search for Eliza and Harry be described?
(a) White men who will get paid if they bring them back.
(b) Slaves who are trying NOT to catch Eliza and Harry.
(c) A few nearby friendly plantation owners.
(d) Deputies.

3. Why does Eliza fear for George to travel so far?
(a) She feels that there is no place like home.
(b) She fears that he will not make enough money.
(c) She fears she may never see him again.
(d) She fears that she will have to do George's work in addition to her own.

4. Who raised Eliza?
(a) Mrs. Shelby
(b) Uncle Tom.
(c) Eliza's natural mother.
(d) Uncle Tom and his wife.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Eliza easily able to ask for help of a woman she meets without risking being suspected of being a runaway slave?

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

3. What is it that makes Eliza feel momentarily sad as she runs away?

4. What river are Eliza and Harry headed towards as they begin this journey?

5. Why doesn't Eliza see her husband much?

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