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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. Who tries to convince Tom that it would be advantageous to him to burn his Bible?
(a) Cassy.
(b) Emmeline.
(c) Lucy.
(d) Simon Legree.

2. Because of Legree's superstitious nature, who is the unlikely person that he fears?
(a) Lucy.
(b) Adelia.
(c) Missis.
(d) Cassy.

3. While Tom is a slave on the Legree plantation, who tries to convince Tom to kill Legree?
(a) Lucy.
(b) Emmeline.
(c) Sambo.
(d) Cassy.

4. In Chapter 45 what other "character" does the reader learn is based upon the same story as old Pru?
(a) Eliza.
(b) Simon Legree.
(c) Tom.
(d) Cassy.

5. At the beginning of Chapter 41, who dies on the Shelby plantation?
(a) Mrs. Shelby.
(b) Young Master George.
(c) Aunt Chloe.
(d) Mr. Shelby.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Dodo?

2. After they get the letter from Tom, what does Aunt Chloe ask Mrs. Shelby to write for her?

3. When George and his family are established in Canada, what is it that George specifically says he wants more than anything?

4. In Chapter 45, what advice does Stowe give to the white mothers of the North?

5. Who is Legree's former mistress?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happens in Chapter 38 where Tom is left along often that actually foreshadows Tom's death?

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

4. How do the physical descriptions of Simon Legree himself and his plantation symbolize his character?

5. 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..."

6. How is Tom's death the epitome of selflessness and forgiveness?

7. Why might Simon Legree "secretly dislike" Tom and why was it so important for him to get Tom to whip a person?

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

9. Why might Stowe ends this chapter speaking directly to the reader about what might it feel like to be free for the first time?

10. As the loose ends of the story are tied up in Chapter 44, what is the purpose of Chapter 45, the final chapter?

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