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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What "happy days" does Eliza think of as she leaves the Shelby house?
(a) Days happily working in the kitchen.
(b) Days with her husband.
(c) Days happily tending Mrs. Shelby.
(d) Days happily learning to read and write with the young master.

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

3. What does Eliza dream of on the first night that she is taken in and sleeping safely at the new family's house?
(a) Happy, carefree days at the Shelbys.
(b) A man coming with a notice for her capture--dead or alive.
(c) A man coming across the yard to kidnap her.
(d) Happy, carefree days to come in Canada.

4. What is it that makes Eliza feel momentarily sad as she runs away?
(a) She is sad to leave her work since it gave her satisfaction.
(b) The Shelby home is the only one she has ever known and she is nostalgiac.
(c) She says she feels unloyal leaving Mrs. Shelby.
(d) She feels sad that Harry is crying that he wants to stay.

5. Where does Tom stay while Haley goes to the slave auction?
(a) In jail.
(b) In a carriage, watched by a guard.
(c) At a friend of Haley's.
(d) At a hotel.

6. What does Harry do when he first meets Mr. Shelby and Mr. Haley?
(a) He recites a childish poem he has made up.
(b) He shyly asks for a piece of candy.
(c) He sings and dances for them.
(d) He sings "America the Beautiful' for them.

7. In the tavern, what is it that one of the Kentuckians brings to the stranger to read?
(a) A copy of the Fugitive Slave Act.
(b) An advertisement offering a reward to find a runaway slave.
(c) The daily news paper of this town.
(d) A menu offering only Kentucky whisky and Kentucky wine.

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

9. 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?
(a) Blacks and whites eat meals at the same table.
(b) Whites and blacks sing spirituals before they dine.
(c) Whites and blacks eat in the same room, but at separate tables.
(d) Whites act as servants to the whites.

10. What words convey the atmosphere described in the homes of the Quakers who the reader meets in Chapter 13?
(a) Sleek and modern.
(b) Cold and empty.
(c) Warm and cozy.
(d) Fancy and luxorious.

11. Where did Eliza get married to her current husband?
(a) On the plantation where she worked previously.
(b) In a church build especially for weddings between slaves.
(c) On the Shelby plantation.
(d) On the banks of the Mississippi River.

12. When Mr. Haley leaves Mr. Shelby, what is the awful truth that Mrs. Shelby learns?
(a) Harry will be sold and gone tomorrow.
(b) Uncle Tom will be sold, but that he can stay until after harvest.
(c) Uncle Tom and Harry will be sold and gone tomorrow.
(d) Uncle Tom will be sold and gone tomorrow.

13. When Mr. Haley becomes agitated during their discussion of slave treatment, what does Mr. Shelby try to calm him with?
(a) Whisky.
(b) Tea and honey.
(c) Tea and cornbread.
(d) A hearty breakfast.

14. What does Eliza tell the Birds when she appears at their house?
(a) A story she made up about being beaten.
(b) A story about her evil owners.
(c) The story of her escape and exhaustion.
(d) A story about her masters not giving her sick child health care.

15. Which character is very protective towards Eliza?
(a) Mr. Haley.
(b) Mrs. Shelby
(c) Uncle Tom.
(d) Harry.

Short Answer Questions

1. Broadly speaking, what are Eliza's religious beliefs?

2. Who is Hagar?

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

4. Who says that he/she "wouldn't give a flip" for politics?

5. In what state does Senator Bird live?

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