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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which includes most of the descriptive details of Eliza at the doorstep of the Bird's house?
(a) Torn, frozen clothes.
(b) Torn, frozen clothes, bleeding, arm broken and in a sling.
(c) Torn, frozen clothes, and bandaged head.
(d) Torn, frozen clothes, one shoe missing, bleeding.

2. How does Uncle Tom receive the news of the slaves on Shelby plantation being sold?
(a) He encourages Eliza to run away and offers to care for her son until she can send for him.
(b) He says he feels badly, but he would never run away becase he would never want to disappoint his master.
(c) He encourages Eliza to get Mrs. Shelby to help her hide.
(d) Uncle Tom tells Eliza that she must be mistaken and that Mr. Shelby would never do such a thing.

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

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

5. What does Senator Bird give someone to help support Eliza before he and she parted?
(a) A hundred-dollar bill.
(b) A fifty-dollar bill.
(c) A ten-dollar bill.
(d) A twenty-dollar bill.

6. Who is George?
(a) Mr. Shelby's son and heir to the plantation.
(b) Mr. Shelby.
(c) Eliza's husband and Harry's father.
(d) Uncle Tom's son.

7. The title of this Chapter 6 is "Discovery." Why is this an appropriate chapter title?
(a) Uncle Tom discovers that he does have the courage to run away.
(b) Eliza discovers a spare horse and she and Harry take off on horseback.
(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.

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

9. What is it that Eliza finds useful while crossing the river?
(a) A wooden raft.
(b) A kind riverboat captain.
(c) Chunks of ice.
(d) A small canoe.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Mr. Haley get to help him find Eliza and Harry?

2. What does Simeon suggest as the wisest time to begin slave travel northward?

3. In the description of George, what is said about his father?

4. What does Eliza bring along for her and Harry to eat as they travel?

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

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