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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. As Eliza continues to travel to Canada, how does she disguise herself?
(a) As a nun.
(b) As a very large woman.
(c) As a child.
(d) As a man.

2. In the author's last chapter in which she discusses the sources for her novel, who does she say told Stowe of the story of "old Pru?"
(a) Her brother.
(b) Her editor.
(c) Her sister.
(d) Her father.

3. Weeks after Eva's funeral, who gets comfort from singing from an old hymn book found in a drawer?
(a) Augustine St. Clare.
(b) Marie St. Clare.
(c) Topsy.
(d) Miss Ophelia.

4. At Legree's plantation, who does Simon Legree beat for singing?
(a) Tom.
(b) Lucy.
(c) Emmeline.
(d) Cassy.

5. Whose funeral takes place at the villa on the lake at the end of Chapter 27?
(a) Mrs. St. Clare's.
(b) Topsy's.
(c) Eva's.
(d) Uncle Tom's.

Short Answer Questions

1. When a character tries to convince Tom that he should kill Legree, what is the weapon that the person recommends?

2. What area of his own house does Legree come to believe is haunted?

3. At the conclusion of Chapter 41, whose suffering from being beaten does Quimbo and Sambo witness?

4. At the lake, who is it that finally insists that Eva should see a doctor?

5. What is it that Aunt Chloe has saved to proudly show Tom when he returns?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the author use color and/or physical characteristics to symbolize the difference between Augustine and his daughter, Eva, and Alfred and his son, Henrique?

2. What event triggers the turning point in Augustine's religious beliefs and who is responsible for his religious education here?

3. What are the similarities between Aunt Chloe And Mrs. Shelby which are emphasized?

4. Explain how the following passage is foreshadowing: "the rays of the sun formed a kind of glory behind her [Eva], as she came forward in her white dress, with her golden hair and glowing cheeks, her eyes unnaturally bright..."

5. Why might Stowe have had the significant black characters who are now free end up going to Africa to do missionary work?

6. Why is Cassy a key character in through whom Stowe explores Simon Legree's temperament and treatment of slaves?

7. What does Stowe insist that Northerners do to truly live by their Christian beliefs?

8. How does the language of Eliza and George's escape to freedom reflect the mood of this journey--"The blue waves of Lake Erie danced, rippling and sparkling in the sunlight. A fresh breeze blew from the shore, and the lordly boat ploughed her way right gallantly onward."

9. How is Cassy and Emmeline's "escape" from Legree bittersweet?

10. What do readers learn about the development of a person from the relationship between Eva and Topsy?

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