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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As Chapter 29 ends, where is Tom on his way to?
(a) The ferry boat to meet his wife and children.
(b) The Shelby home.
(c) The ferry boat to see Miss Ophelia off.
(d) The slave auction.

2. From whom does the reader learn that a black person's testimony as witness in a trial means nothing?
(a) Mr. Shelby.
(b) Simon Legree.
(c) Mrs. Shelby.
(d) Uncle Tom.

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

4. As Chapter 30 begins, what is the treatment of slaves at a slave warehouse?
(a) They are asked to sit and they are given a number.
(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 give their last two owners' histories.

5. When Aunt Chloe gets a letter from Tom, what issue does it raise in the Shelby household?
(a) Buying the New Orleans plantation.
(b) Having Tom visit his family on a regular basis.
(c) Visiting Tom in New Orleans.
(d) Buying back Tom.

6. When Eva is alone in her room, why does Eva cut her hair?
(a) To give locks of hair to people to remember her by.
(b) To make doll hair for a doll for Topsy.
(c) To make washing her hair less difficult.
(d) To make herself look older.

7. In the author's last chapter in which she discusses the sources for her novel, who does she say told Stowe of the story of "old Pru?"
(a) Her father.
(b) Her editor.
(c) Her brother.
(d) Her sister.

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

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. Who is the "quadroon" that is the subject of chapter 34 entitled "The Quadroon's Story?"
(a) Lucy.
(b) Missis.
(c) Adelia.
(d) Cassy.

11. What illness has Tom Lokar been laid up with for three weeks?
(a) Consumption.
(b) Rheumatic Fever.
(c) Gout.
(d) Influenza.

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

13. When the reader is returned to the story line of George and his family in Chapter 43, where in Canada are they living?
(a) Montreal.
(b) Quebec City.
(c) Amherstburg.
(d) Toronto.

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

15. In what city is the confectioner's shop (bakery that interests the Shelby plantation women)?
(a) Louisville.
(b) Kentucky City.
(c) Dayton.
(d) Akron.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. As Cassy, escapes aboard a boat, she listens to a conversation among several slaves that she doesn't know, what piece of information does she find out that is personally meaningful to her?

3. What was the general opinion of Miss Ophelia in the St. Clare household?

4. At the slave auction, what does Emmeline do when Legree examined her?

5. After young George Shelby returns from the Legree plantation, what option does George Shelby offer his former slaves as he frees them?

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