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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 does George accomplish that shows he has talent?
(a) George invented an earlier model of the cotton gin.
(b) George taught Harry classical music.
(c) George invented a way to measure the efficiency of plantation labor.
(d) George invented a hemp-cleaning machine.

2. What does Harry do when he first meets Mr. Shelby and Mr. Haley?
(a) He sings and dances for them.
(b) He shyly asks for a piece of candy.
(c) He recites a childish poem he has made up.
(d) He sings "America the Beautiful' for them.

3. Which character speaks about slaves in such a way that it is clear that he treats his slaves kindly and has thought a great deal about their humanity?
(a) Mr. Shelby.
(b) Mr. Haley.
(c) Eliza.
(d) Harry.

4. Who is absent from the plantation when Mr. Shelby and Mr. Haley's agreement moves into action?
(a) Young Master George.
(b) Mrs. Shelby.
(c) Mose, the child.
(d) Mr. Shelby.

5. How does Mrs. Shelby view the news of "her" slaves being sold?
(a) She feels badly, but accepts the fact that these things happen on plantations.
(b) She feels that she can change her husband's mind.
(c) She is angry and wants to take her favorite slaves and run away.
(d) She feels that it is God's curse on the people involved in slavery.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom do Sam and Andy tell the story of Eliza's escape?

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

3. Who is the man the reader first meets by name in the tavern where a number of white Kentuckians are drinking and socializing in Chapter 11?

4. Who does Mr. Shelby think that Haley speaks of too casually and disrespectfully?

5. Why are the ferry boats not running when Eliza is out crossing the river?

Short Essay Questions

1. How might the modern reader interpret Mr. Shelby's plan to be absent from the plantation when Tom is to be taken away?

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

3. What is the significance of John Von Trompe being described as a former "land-holder and slave owner in the state of Kentucky?"

4. 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?"

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

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

8. When and how do George and Eliza show their true religious nature?

9. How does one detect a difference in the manners between Mr. Shelby and Mr. Haley?

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

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