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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. What words convey the atmosphere described in the homes of the Quakers who the reader meets in Chapter 13?
2. When George meets with Eliza, why does he tell her that he travels so far from the plantation on which he works?
3. What river are Eliza and Harry headed towards as they begin this journey?
4. What happens to Lucy by the end of the Chapter 12?
5. How does Eliza react to business transaction she hears Mr. Shelby talk about with Mr. Haley?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why do black people in the novel freely use the "n" word?
2. How might the modern reader interpret Mr. Shelby's plan to be absent from the plantation when Tom is to be taken away?
3. What are the two things in this historical fiction that were real and introduced in Chapter 9?
4. How is the character of Phineas contrasted with that of Halliday?
5. Why might the author so frequently speak directly to the reader and asks the reader questions as she does in the last four to five paragraphs at the end of this chapter?
6. What is the effect of describing the actual cabin of Uncle Tom as a place where flowers grow and people worship and eat together?
7. In spite of the differences between Tom and Eva's life situation, what character traits do they have in common?
8. How does the treatment of George by his master compare or contrast with how Eliza is treated by her owners.
9. How does one detect a difference in the manners between Mr. Shelby and Mr. Haley?
10. What is effect of the description of life at the Hallidays?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In Uncle Tom's Cabin, Harriet Beecher Stowe pits slavery against Christianity. Explore how she comes to depict the incompatibility of the two institutions, slavery and Christianity by referring to and exploring specific situations throughout the novel.
Essay Topic 2
There are several characters in Uncle Tom's Cabin who exemplify courage; conversely, there are several who exemplify cowardice. Identify these characters as their depiction of courage or cowardice. Then specifically refer to what actions or words of theirs come to embody these qualities and define courage and cowardice.
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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