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

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

3. Who greets Eliza with the words, "darling, I'm your mother!"
(a) A Canadian fur store owner.
(b) Cassy.
(c) Madame de Thoux.
(d) Emmeline.

4. As Chapter 29 ends, where is Tom on his way to?
(a) The Shelby home.
(b) The slave auction.
(c) The ferry boat to see Miss Ophelia off.
(d) The ferry boat to meet his wife and children.

5. Whose funeral takes place in Chapter 29 entitled "The Unprotected?"
(a) Miss Ophelia's.
(b) Augustine St. Clare's.
(c) Marie St. Clare's.
(d) Topsy's.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Cassy and Emmeline hatch a plan to escape from the Legree plantation, how do Cassy and Emmeline disguise themselves?

2. Who is Madame de Thoux?

3. Where is Simon Legree's plantation?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Miss Ophelia's feelings about "training" Topsy reveal what the problem is for people who attempt to control their servants or slaves with violence?

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

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

5. 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?

6. What purpose does Augustine St. Clare's defense of slavery serve to the reader?

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

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

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