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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. When Eliza is describe as a "petted and indulged favorite," what does this mean?
(a) Eliza was treated like a pet.
(b) Eliza was spoiled rotten.
(c) Eliza was treated gently and given privileges.
(d) Eliza was ignored.

2. 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.

3. Who is Lucy?
(a) Another slave Haley buys.
(b) A child slave Tom meets on the journey.
(c) Mr. Haley's old and favorite slave.
(d) Mrs. Haley.

4. How could the people who go to search for Eliza and Harry be described?
(a) A few nearby friendly plantation owners.
(b) Deputies.
(c) White men who will get paid if they bring them back.
(d) Slaves who are trying NOT to catch Eliza and Harry.

5. To whom do Sam and Andy tell the story of Eliza's escape?
(a) Two slave traders.
(b) All the slaves back at the plantation.
(c) Mr. And Mrs. Shelby.
(d) Mr. Shelby and Mrs. Haley.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Eliza bring along for her and Harry to eat as they travel?

2. Who says, "I'm in the Lord's hands," as the action of Chapter 10 begins?

3. Why is the man who helps Eliza when she reaches the other side of the river so willing to help her?

4. Who is "Black Sam?"

5. By the end of the action of the Chapter 17, what happens to Tom Lokar?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the author's intent by contrasting Mr. Haley's sole interest in thinking of slaves in terms of their physical strength and how he will be able to resell them and Tom's continued pondering on the Bible and a "pitying Jesus?"

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

3. Why might the author so frequently speak directly to the reader and asks the reader questions as she does in the last four to five paragraphs at the end of this chapter?

4. How are Miss Ophelia's views of blacks more complicated than the racial views of other whites we have met so far?

5. What character says, "don't quote the Bible at me that way," and what does this quotation reveal about his character?

6. How is the theme of religion versus politics explored in Chapter 9?

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

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

9. What does the reader's first impression of Harry reveal about him?

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

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