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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of the Chapter 16, what aspect of work does Tom say he has experience with?

2. Who is absent from the plantation when Mr. Shelby and Mr. Haley's agreement moves into action?

3. What "happy days" does Eliza think of as she leaves the Shelby house?

4. What news is it that Rachel has for Eliza?

5. Who are Bill and Jerry?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are two good reasons that "The Mother's Struggle" is an appropriate title for Chapter 7?

2. How are Miss Ophelia's views of blacks more complicated than the racial views of other whites we have met so far?

3. What is effect of the description of life at the Hallidays?

4. How does the treatment of George by his master compare or contrast with how Eliza is treated by her owners.

5. What do you think the author's purpose is in having a man help Eliza escape even though he is a friend of Mr. Shelby's?

6. How does the reader learn that Quakers are anti-slavery?

7. What does the reader learn in Chapters 2 and 3 about Eliza's past as a mother?

8. What is the significance of John Von Trompe being described as a former "land-holder and slave owner in the state of Kentucky?"

9. What character speaks about laws and says, "we have nothing to do with them; all they are for is to crush us, and keep us down."

10. What provides the comic relief in Chapter 6?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Harriet Beecher Stowe was a female writer who was vehemently against slavery. Discuss the female characters, both black and white, whom she created to "speak" for her cause and evaluate how effectively Stowe used each of these female characters furthered the thinking against slavery.

Essay Topic 2

Stowe has the frail, wealthy white child, Eva befriend and defend Topsy, the abused and incorrigible slave child who is with her family. Explain what purpose their contrasting characters and relationship has in furthering Stowe's feelings about slavery, morality, and religion.

Essay Topic 3

Uncle Tom's Cabin, a novel that exposed slavery was written in 1852; the Declaration of Independence written in 1776 declared "all mean are created equal." While the existence of slavery was proof that all men were not created equal, what evidence is there in the novel that all men were, in fact, created equal?

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