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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who on the Shelby plantation offers first to earn extra money in Chapter 21?
(a) Young Master Tom Shelby.
(b) Mr. Shelby.
(c) Uncle Tom.
(d) Mrs. Shelby.

2. What was the general opinion of Miss Ophelia in the St. Clare household?
(a) She is a nuisance.
(b) She is very helpful, but doesn't understand how to treat Eva.
(c) She is getting to be more and more useful every day.
(d) She is a wonderful addition.

3. When Cassy and Emmeline hatch a plan to escape from the Legree plantation, how do Cassy and Emmeline disguise themselves?
(a) As Spaniards.
(b) As French.
(c) As Mexicans.
(d) As ghosts.

4. How effective of a money manager is Augustine St. Clare?
(a) He is a fairly good money manager.
(b) He is a good manager, but people steal from him because he is so trusting.
(c) He is careless and extravagant with money.
(d) He is an expert money manager who helps others with their finances.

5. Once Emmeline is at the Legree plantation, what does Emmeline try to convince another woman to do with her?
(a) Put ground glass in Legree's food.
(b) Escape.
(c) Burn the mansion.
(d) Poison Legree.

6. Where is Simon Legree's plantation?
(a) On the Red River in Mississippi.
(b) On the Red River in Louisiana.
(c) On the New Orleans River in Lousiana.
(d) On the Mississippi River in Louisiana.

7. When Tom goes out to work in the fields at Legree's plantation, who does Tom help pick cotton in the fields?
(a) Cassy.
(b) Sambo.
(c) Sam.
(d) Lucy.

8. Whose funeral takes place at the villa on the lake at the end of Chapter 27?
(a) Mrs. St. Clare's.
(b) Eva's.
(c) Uncle Tom's.
(d) Topsy's.

9. When Augustine lectures Miss Ophelia on how to properly treat a slave, what kind of treatment does he say is most effective?
(a) Harsh and violent.
(b) A combination of firm and gentle.
(c) Treatment as equals.
(d) Kindness.

10. What is it that Aunt Chloe has saved to proudly show Tom when he returns?
(a) Money that was left to her in Mr. Shelby's will.
(b) A Bible Mrs. Shelby gave her.
(c) A quilt she made for him.
(d) A record of the money she earned.

11. At the lake, who is it that finally insists that Eva should see a doctor?
(a) Miss Ophelia.
(b) Mr. St. Clare, her father.
(c) Mrs. St. Clare, her mother.
(d) Uncle Tom.

12. As Chapter 30 begins, what is the treatment of slaves at a slave warehouse?
(a) They are asked to give their last two owners' histories.
(b) They are well fed and well cleaned.
(c) They are questioned about their strength and given an endurance test.
(d) They are asked to sit and they are given a number.

13. In Canada, what is George's occupation?
(a) A machinist.
(b) A furrier.
(c) A railroad worker.
(d) A farmer.

14. At the end of Chapter 45, who does Stowe say will have "a heavy account to answer?"
(a) The Northerners who did nothing to fight slavery.
(b) The Christian church.
(c) The Southern slave owners.
(d) The President of the United States.

15. At the slave auction, what does Emmeline do when Legree examined her?
(a) Cry.
(b) Asks him not to touch her.
(c) Pushes him away.
(d) Asks her mother to stop him.

Short Answer Questions

1. In a heated discussion with Miss Ophelia, what does Mrs. St. Clare say she would have done to Topsy?

2. What area of his own house does Legree come to believe is haunted?

3. What happened in the weeks following the death at the St. Clare villa that most influenced Augustine and led to changes he made in the running of his household?

4. Who tries to convince Tom that it would be advantageous to him to burn his Bible?

5. While Tom is a slave on the Legree plantation, who tries to convince Tom to kill Legree?

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