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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) Simon Legree.
(b) Lucy.
(c) Cassy.
(d) Emmeline.

2. When Aunt Chloe gets a letter from Tom, what issue does it raise in the Shelby household?
(a) Buying the New Orleans plantation.
(b) Visiting Tom in New Orleans.
(c) Buying back Tom.
(d) Having Tom visit his family on a regular basis.

3. After the death on the Shelby plantation, who travels from the Shelby plantation to the Legree plantation?
(a) Young Master George.
(b) Mrs. Shelby.
(c) Aunt Chloe.
(d) Mr. Shelby.

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

5. Who is the Quaker woman that George and Eliza are staying with in Chapter 37?
(a) Miss Smyth.
(b) Miss Sandusky.
(c) Aunt Dorcas.
(d) Miss Halliday.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who on the Shelby plantation offers first to earn extra money in Chapter 21?

2. Why does Topsy come to Eva's room daily?

3. At the end of Chapter 45, who does Stowe say will have "a heavy account to answer?"

4. When Eva is alone in her room, why does Eva cut her hair?

5. According to Chapter 45, which characters are drawn from real people aboard the schooner named Pearl?

Short Essay Questions

1. With all the happy endings in the book, why might Stowe have chosen to have Tom, the most beloved character, beat to death?

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

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

4. What is the ironic about Emmeline's being brought up "by the Bible?"

5. What is ironic about how and why Augustine St. Clare dies?

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

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

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

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

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