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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 Augustine lectures Miss Ophelia on how to properly treat a slave, what kind of treatment does he say is most effective?
(a) Kindness.
(b) Harsh and violent.
(c) A combination of firm and gentle.
(d) Treatment as equals.

2. In Canada, what is George's occupation?
(a) A railroad worker.
(b) A furrier.
(c) A farmer.
(d) A machinist.

3. Who comes to visit the St. Clare family during the summer at Lake Pontchartrain?
(a) Alfred and Alfreda.
(b) Alfred and Henrique.
(c) Alfreda and Henriquetta.
(d) Henrique and Henriquetta.

4. In what city is the confectioner's shop (bakery that interests the Shelby plantation women)?
(a) Kentucky City.
(b) Dayton.
(c) Louisville.
(d) Akron.

5. In a heated discussion with Miss Ophelia, what does Mrs. St. Clare say she would have done to Topsy?
(a) Whipped her.
(b) Sent her to her cabin without dinner.
(c) Read the Bible to her.
(d) Slapped her face.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the slave auction, what does Emmeline do when Legree examined her?

2. When Rosa and Ophelia think they see Topsy hiding something she has stolen, what does this item turn out to be?

3. Who is Madame de Thoux?

4. Who was in charge of the new slave in St. Clare household?

5. At the end of the slave auction, what does Legree promise to give Emmeline if she "is a good girl?"

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What does the death of Augustine emphasize about the lives and futures of their slaves?

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

7. 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."

8. How do the events on the boat suggest that the novel is nearing a conclusion of a story?

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

10. 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..."

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