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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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) Cassy.
(c) Sambo.
(d) Sam.

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

4. Whose funeral takes place at the villa on the lake at the end of Chapter 27?
(a) Mrs. St. Clare's.
(b) Uncle Tom's.
(c) Eva's.
(d) Topsy's.

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

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

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

8. What area of his own house does Legree come to believe is haunted?
(a) The cellar.
(b) The garret.
(c) The library.
(d) Cassy's room.

9. 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) Candy.
(d) Uncle Tom.

10. What state are George and Eliza in when the reader catches up with their story in Chapter 37?
(a) Ohio.
(b) New Hampshire.
(c) New York.
(d) Pennsylvania.

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

12. Who is Madame de Thoux?
(a) George's sister.
(b) George's mother.
(c) Eliza's mother.
(d) Eliza's sister.

13. What kind of cook is Old Dinah described as?
(a) Good, but not as good as Aunt Chloe.
(b) A self-taught, kitchen genius.
(c) A horrid cook.
(d) A better cook than Aunt Chloe.

14. 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 the St Clare family's summer villa is.
(d) It is where Augustine wants to build a small plantation.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In a philosophical and religious discussion with Legree, who is it that explains that what he looks forward to is "eternity?"

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

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

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

5. Who greets Eliza with the words, "darling, I'm your mother!"

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