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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Mr. Haley leaves Mr. Shelby, what is the awful truth that Mrs. Shelby learns?
(a) Harry will be sold and gone tomorrow.
(b) Uncle Tom will be sold and gone tomorrow.
(c) Uncle Tom and Harry will be sold and gone tomorrow.
(d) Uncle Tom will be sold, but that he can stay until after harvest.

2. How does Mrs. Shelby feel about the people who are in charge of the search party?
(a) She is so sad that she cannot even discuss this matter.
(b) She wants them to delay and not actually find Eliza and her son.
(c) She knows their work and is worried they will bring Eliza and her son back and they will be sold.
(d) She is confident that her husband will make things right.

3. At the beginning of Chapter 4, what does "a neat garden patch, where, every summer, strawberries, raspberries, and a variety of fruit and vegetables, flourished" describe?
(a) The exterior of George's house.
(b) The exterior of Eliza's slave quarters.
(c) The exterior of Uncle Tom's cabin.
(d) The exterior of the main house on the plantation.

4. Which character is described as a "mulatto?"
(a) Mr. Shelby's younger son.
(b) Eliza.
(c) Harry.
(d) George.

5. Who is "Black Sam?"
(a) A slave who belongs to the Shelbys.
(b) A slave who travels around trying to help runaway slaves find shelter.
(c) A slave who travels with Mr. Haley.
(d) A code name for Harry.

Short Answer Questions

1. In which state is Chapter 1 set?

2. Where is one place where George works?

3. Which character eavesdrops on Mr. Shelby and Mr. Haley's conversation?

4. Who are the two characters introduced in Chapter 1?

5. Who is the character "Mas'r George" who is teaching Uncle Tom how to write?

(see the answer key)

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