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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. Who does Mr. Haley get to help him find Eliza and Harry?

2. Who does the search party actually take orders from?

3. Where is the boat bound for that Tom boards with Mr. Haley?

4. What is Aunt Chloe's primary responsibility of the plantation?

5. What family protects Eliza and Harry once they have crossed the river?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do black people in the novel freely use the "n" word?

2. How does Harry's tolerance for being a slave compare or contrast with Eliza's?

3. What does the reader's first impression of Harry reveal about him?

4. What are the two things in this historical fiction that were real and introduced in Chapter 9?

5. How does this chapter about Tom's leaving further the theme of Christianity versus the law that has been developed so far?

6. 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?

7. How does one detect a difference in the manners between Mr. Shelby and Mr. Haley?

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. When and how do George and Eliza show their true religious nature?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

One of the themes of Uncle Tom's Cabin explores man's inhumanity to his fellow man. Discuss this theme by referring to specific incidents in the novel or relationships that expand on this theme.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

In keeping with a literary style of her time, Harriet Beecher Stowe speaks frequently and at length directly to the reader. Choose from several instances of direct address in the chapters listed below and use them to defend or praise this stylistic device:

Chapter 12--when the author asks the reader to condemn Mr. Haley is aboard a ship for New Orleans and he discusses slavery.

Chapter 37--when the author asks the reader to imagine what George feels like when he is so close to being free.

Chapter 38--when the author asks the reader to imagine what it feels like for Tom to know he is dying.

Chapter 45--when the author uses the whole chapter to "talk" to reader about what the country must do to abolish slavery.

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