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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

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

3. On the first night at the Legree plantation, what does Tom dream of when he falls asleep?
(a) Eliza.
(b) Dying.
(c) Being with his wife and children.
(d) Eva reading to him from the Bible.

4. While Tom is a slave on the Legree plantation, who tries to convince Tom to kill Legree?
(a) Sambo.
(b) Cassy.
(c) Emmeline.
(d) Lucy.

5. What is the name of the newest child slave at the St. Clare household?
(a) Sopsy.
(b) Fopsy.
(c) Mopsy.
(d) Topsy.

6. When Rosa and Ophelia think they see Topsy hiding something she has stolen, what does this item turn out to be?
(a) A bag of Candy that Ophelia was going to give her later that night.
(b) A book that Eva gave her.
(c) A pie that Mammy baked for dessert.
(d) A doll that Eva gave her.

7. At the conclusion of Chapter 41, whose suffering from being beaten does Quimbo and Sambo witness?
(a) Tom's.
(b) Legree's.
(c) Cassy's.
(d) Cassy's and Emmeline's.

8. 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?
(a) Reading Eva's Bible.
(b) Discussing the Bible with Tom.
(c) Listening to Miss Ophelia's abolitionist views.
(d) Debating his wife about how the treat slaves.

9. According to Chapter 45, what famous lawyer defended 76 slaves who attempted escape on a schooner named Pearl?
(a) Horace Mann.
(b) William Jennings Bryan.
(c) Abraham Lincoln.
(d) Robert E. Lee.

10. Who was in charge of the new slave in St. Clare household?
(a) Miss Ophelia.
(b) Augustine St. Clare.
(c) Marie St. Clare.
(d) Eva St. Clare.

11. When the Shelby's get Uncle Tom's letter, what does Mr. Shelby say that Tom should do to get on with his life?
(a) Work hard and pray for things to work out.
(b) Find another woman to marry.
(c) Ask his new employer to uy Aunt Chloe and their childen.
(d) Ask if he can visit the Shelbys.

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

13. What is done with Tom's clothes at the slave auction?
(a) They are divided up among other slaves.
(b) They are burned.
(c) They are made fun of.
(d) They are sold.

14. Who is Dodo?
(a) A slave that belongs to a visiting child.
(b) A pet bird.
(c) A slave whom Eva meets at the lake.
(d) A pet dog.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Mr. Shelby's opinion of Mrs. Shelby's knowledge of business?

2. How effective of a money manager is Augustine St. Clare?

3. Who is the "quadroon" that is the subject of chapter 34 entitled "The Quadroon's Story?"

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

5. Why is Lake Pontchartrain important to the action of Chapter 22?

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