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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Tom stay while Haley goes to the slave auction?
(a) At a hotel.
(b) In jail.
(c) At a friend of Haley's.
(d) In a carriage, watched by a guard.

2. Who is Aunt Chloe?
(a) Mr. Shelby's aunt who lives with them.
(b) A gardener.
(c) Mrs. Shelby's name.
(d) Uncle Tom's wife.

3. In the tavern, what is it that one of the Kentuckians brings to the stranger to read?
(a) A copy of the Fugitive Slave Act.
(b) A menu offering only Kentucky whisky and Kentucky wine.
(c) An advertisement offering a reward to find a runaway slave.
(d) The daily news paper of this town.

4. When George and Eliza are reunited, what is Eliza trying to convince George of?
(a) That it is better for the three of them to travel together.
(b) To become a Christian.
(c) To live with the Hallidays for a while.
(d) To leave for Canada alone and then send for her and Harry.

5. Who is Andy?
(a) A slave who travels with Mr. Haley.
(b) A slave who belongs to the Shelbys.
(c) A code name for Harry.
(d) A slave who travels around trying to help runaway slaves find shelter.

Short Answer Questions

1. When George meets with Eliza, why does he tell her that he travels so far from the plantation on which he works?

2. When Phineas is in the town where the Hallidays live, what does he hear a conversation about?

3. How does Eliza react to business transaction she hears Mr. Shelby talk about with Mr. Haley?

4. Which includes most of the descriptive details of Eliza at the doorstep of the Bird's house?

5. Which character eavesdrops on Mr. Shelby and Mr. Haley's conversation?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the reader learn that Quakers are anti-slavery?

2. What are two good reasons that "The Mother's Struggle" is an appropriate title for Chapter 7?

3. Why does the author write that "Sam was in wonderful spirits," when each of his possible sightings of Eliza turn out to not be her?

4. What does the reader learn in Chapters 2 and 3 about Eliza's past as a mother?

5. How is the character of Phineas contrasted with that of Halliday?

6. How does the treatment of George by his master compare or contrast with how Eliza is treated by her owners.

7. What provides the comic relief in Chapter 6?

8. How does this chapter about Tom's leaving further the theme of Christianity versus the law that has been developed so far?

9. In spite of the differences between Tom and Eva's life situation, what character traits do they have in common?

10. What effect has studying the Christian religion had on Eliza?

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