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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. Once Emmeline is at the Legree plantation, what does Emmeline try to convince another woman to do with her?
(a) Burn the mansion.
(b) Escape.
(c) Put ground glass in Legree's food.
(d) Poison Legree.

2. What is it that Topsy does that angers Miss Ophelia?
(a) Refuses to eat the food that the other slaves eat.
(b) Has a tantrum and throws things around Miss Ophelia's room.
(c) Tries to play with Eva and Eva's toys.
(d) Cuts up her bonnets and makes doll's jackets from them.

3. 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 man.
(d) As a child.

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

5. What is Mr. Shelby's opinion of Mrs. Shelby's knowledge of business?
(a) He thinks she should take a business course.
(b) She is a business genius.
(c) She is learning more about the business of the plantation every day.
(d) She knows nothing about business.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why is Lake Pontchartrain important to the action of Chapter 22?

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

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

5. 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?"

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. 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."

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

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

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

8. 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..."

9. What is Mr. Shelby's objection to Mrs. Shelby having taught religion to the slaves?

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

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