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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

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

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

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

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

6. 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 herself look older.
(d) To make doll hair for a doll for Topsy.

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

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

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

10. In Chapter 45, what advice does Stowe give to the white mothers of the North?
(a) To raise money to send blacks back to Africa.
(b) To ban together and form a mothers' group against slavery.
(c) To examine their conscience and think what it would be like to have a child taken.
(d) To go to the South and persuade white mothers of the South that slavery is anti-Christian.

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

12. 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 sister.
(b) Her father.
(c) Her brother.
(d) Her editor.

13. After the death on the Shelby plantation, who travels from the Shelby plantation to the Legree plantation?
(a) Mrs. Shelby.
(b) Young Master George.
(c) Aunt Chloe.
(d) Mr. Shelby.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what city is the confectioner's shop (bakery that interests the Shelby plantation women)?

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

3. According to Chapter 45, what famous lawyer defended 76 slaves who attempted escape on a schooner named Pearl?

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

5. What kind of cook is Old Dinah described as?

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