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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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 washing her hair less difficult.
(c) To make doll hair for a doll for Topsy.
(d) To make herself look older.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

12. 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) Find another woman to marry.
(b) Ask his new employer to uy Aunt Chloe and their childen.
(c) Work hard and pray for things to work out.
(d) Ask if he can visit the Shelbys.

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

14. Because of Legree's superstitious nature, who is the unlikely person that he fears?
(a) Adelia.
(b) Cassy.
(c) Lucy.
(d) Missis.

15. At the beginning of Chapter 41, who dies on the Shelby plantation?
(a) Aunt Chloe.
(b) Mrs. Shelby.
(c) Mr. Shelby.
(d) Young Master George.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. At the end of Chapter 45, who does Stowe say will have "a heavy account to answer?"

4. What illness has Tom Lokar been laid up with for three weeks?

5. Whose funeral takes place at the villa on the lake at the end of Chapter 27?

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