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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. What "happy days" does Eliza think of as she leaves the Shelby house?
(a) Days happily tending Mrs. Shelby.
(b) Days with her husband.
(c) Days happily learning to read and write with the young master.
(d) Days happily working in the kitchen.

2. What does Mr. Haley say to Mr. Shelby that is insulting?
(a) Haley accuses Shelby of being a poor manager.
(b) Mr. Haley says that Shelby spoiled his slaves and now he will expect Shelby to give him cash.
(c) Haley accuses Shelby of caring too much about his wife thinks.
(d) Haley accuses Mr. Shelby of not being fair and possibly helping the slaves get away.

3. Who is Phineas Fletcher?
(a) A slave catcher.
(b) A white man who supervises the slaves on the Halliday plantation.
(c) A friend of the Hallidays and a fellow Quaker.
(d) A slave who wants to join Eliza and George on their journey north.

4. Where is Mr. Butler headed when the reader meets him in the tavern?
(a) Georgia.
(b) Ohio.
(c) Canada.
(d) The Haley plantation.

5. Who is Eliza?
(a) A female slave on the Shelby plantation.
(b) A female slave on the Haley plantation.
(c) A female slave who has run away in search of freedom.
(d) A female slave on the Harris plantation.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which character is very protective towards Eliza?

2. When Eliza is describe as a "petted and indulged favorite," what does this mean?

3. Who is Lucy?

4. Where did Eliza get married to her current husband?

5. What news is it that Rachel has for Eliza?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does the reader know that Eliza trusts Mrs. Shelby?

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

4. What is the author's purpose in having Sam tell the story of Eliza's escape and Mr. Haley's failed attempts to catch her?

5. What provides the comic relief in Chapter 6?

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

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

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

9. Why do black people in the novel freely use the "n" word?

10. 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?

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