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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Phineas is in the town where the Hallidays live, what does he hear a conversation about?
(a) Slave catchers looking for Eliza and her family.
(b) A reward for catching the runaway slaves.
(c) A slave named Tom is looking for Eliza to come to a plantation in New Orleans.
(d) A warrant issued for the Quakers who are hiding slaves.

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

3. Who is Eva?
(a) A little black girl Tom meets on the riverboat.
(b) A little white girl Tom meets on the riverboat.
(c) A female slave roughly Tom's age whom he meets on the riverboat.
(d) A slave who belongs to the riverboat captain.

4. What news is it that Rachel has for Eliza?
(a) Her husband is dead.
(b) Her husband has escaped, but was captured by slave catchers and returned to Kentucky.
(c) Her husband made it to Canada.
(d) Her husband has escaped and will join them tonight.

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

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

7. Who gives Uncle Tom a dollar to wear on his neck?
(a) Mrs. Shelby.
(b) His children.
(c) Young Master George.
(d) Mr. Shelby.

8. Who is "Black Sam?"
(a) A slave who travels with Mr. Haley.
(b) A slave who belongs to the Shelbys.
(c) A slave who travels around trying to help runaway slaves find shelter.
(d) A code name for Harry.

9. Where is Mr. Butler headed when the reader meets him in the tavern?
(a) Canada.
(b) Ohio.
(c) Georgia.
(d) The Haley plantation.

10. What does Mr. Haley say to Mr. Shelby that is insulting?
(a) Mr. Haley says that Shelby spoiled his slaves and now he will expect Shelby to give him cash.
(b) Haley accuses Mr. Shelby of not being fair and possibly helping the slaves get away.
(c) Haley accuses Shelby of caring too much about his wife thinks.
(d) Haley accuses Shelby of being a poor manager.

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

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

13. Who is Aunt Chloe?
(a) Mr. Shelby's aunt who lives with them.
(b) Uncle Tom's wife.
(c) Mrs. Shelby's name.
(d) A gardener.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one thing that happens in the Quaker household that is different from any households that the reader has seen in this novel so far?

2. What is Aunt Chloe's mood on this morning after Eliza's escape?

3. At the end of the Chapter 16, what aspect of work does Tom say he has experience with?

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

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

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