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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. Broadly speaking, what are Eliza's religious beliefs?
(a) Eliza is Christian.
(b) Eliza subscribes to an ancient African religion passed on to her by her family.
(c) Eliza is a Muslim.
(d) Eliza is an atheist.

2. What is the first possible solution Mr. Shelby introduces as a possibility for paying Mr. Haley?
(a) Harry as payment.
(b) Eliza as payment.
(c) Uncle Tom's cabin rent as payment.
(d) Uncle Tom as payment.

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

4. What does Senator Bird give someone to help support Eliza before he and she parted?
(a) A twenty-dollar bill.
(b) A fifty-dollar bill.
(c) A hundred-dollar bill.
(d) A ten-dollar bill.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Aunt Chloe?

2. What does George accomplish that shows he has talent?

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

4. What family protects Eliza and Harry once they have crossed the river?

5. Why doesn't Eliza see her husband much?

Short Essay Questions

1. The author, Harriet Beecher Stowe, feels it is important for her readers to know the substance of the Fugitive Slave Act. What does she do inform the reader of this law?

2. 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?

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

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

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

6. 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?

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

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

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

10. What character speaks about laws and says, "we have nothing to do with them; all they are for is to crush us, and keep us down."

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