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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Eva talks to Topsy about love, what is the one thing/person that Topsy admits to loving?
(a) Playing with dolls.
(b) Chicken.
(c) Uncle Tom.
(d) Candy.

2. When Eliza travels to Canada, what other member of her party is in disguise?
(a) Ms. Smyth.
(b) Aunt Dorcas.
(c) George.
(d) Harry.

3. Why is Lake Pontchartrain important to the action of Chapter 22?
(a) It is where Uncle Tom fishes.
(b) It is where Eva says she wants to visit.
(c) It is where Augustine wants to build a small plantation.
(d) It is where the St Clare family's summer villa is.

4. Whose funeral takes place in Chapter 29 entitled "The Unprotected?"
(a) Topsy's.
(b) Miss Ophelia's.
(c) Augustine St. Clare's.
(d) Marie St. Clare's.

5. To whom does Eva give reading lessons?
(a) Alfreda.
(b) Alfred.
(c) Mammy.
(d) Her mother.

6. Who greets Eliza with the words, "darling, I'm your mother!"
(a) A Canadian fur store owner.
(b) Cassy.
(c) Emmeline.
(d) Madame de Thoux.

7. What are Miss Ophelia's plans for Topsy's future?
(a) To teach her to read so that she can teach other slaves.
(b) To ask for Mrs. St. Clare's help in raising Topsy.
(c) To take her back to Vermont with her.
(d) To have Topsy move into Eva's old room.

8. While Tom spends time outdoors with Eva, where is it that Eva tells Uncle Tom she will be going to soon?
(a) Heaven.
(b) Kentucky.
(c) Lake Pontchartrain.
(d) Ohio.

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

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

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

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

13. At Legree's plantation, who does Simon Legree beat for singing?
(a) Tom.
(b) Lucy.
(c) Cassy.
(d) Emmeline.

14. Weeks after Eva's funeral, who gets comfort from singing from an old hymn book found in a drawer?
(a) Miss Ophelia.
(b) Topsy.
(c) Augustine St. Clare.
(d) Marie St. Clare.

15. Who is the Quaker woman that George and Eliza are staying with in Chapter 37?
(a) Aunt Dorcas.
(b) Miss Halliday.
(c) Miss Sandusky.
(d) Miss Smyth.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. When Cassy and Emmeline hatch a plan to escape from the Legree plantation, how do Cassy and Emmeline disguise themselves?

3. In Chapter 45, what advice does Stowe give to the white mothers of the North?

4. When George and his family are established in Canada, what is it that George specifically says he wants more than anything?

5. When Eva is alone in her room, why does Eva cut her hair?

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