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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Eliza bring along for her and Harry to eat as they travel?
(a) Sandwiches and apples.
(b) Cakes and apples.
(c) Sandwhiches and oranges.
(d) Oranges and apples.

2. Who are the two characters introduced in Chapter 1?
(a) Mr. Shelby and Mr. Haley.
(b) Mr. and Mrs. Shelby.
(c) Mr. and Mrs. Haley.
(d) Uncle Tom and Harry.

3. Who is George?
(a) Eliza's husband and Harry's father.
(b) Mr. Shelby's son and heir to the plantation.
(c) Uncle Tom's son.
(d) Mr. Shelby.

4. Why is Eliza easily able to ask for help of a woman she meets without risking being suspected of being a runaway slave?
(a) She is light-skinned enough to "pass" for being white.
(b) The woman says she loves children so much she will do anything to help Eliza and her beautiful son Harry.
(c) The woman is Harriet Tubman, a famous abolitionist.
(d) The woman she meets is also black and is, therefore, sympathetic.

5. Who does Mr. Shelby think that Haley speaks of too casually and disrespectfully?
(a) The President of the United States.
(b) Mrs. Shelby.
(c) Eliza and Harry.
(d) Uncle Tom.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who raised Eliza?

2. When does the reader see evidence of the slaves belief in Christianity in Chapter 4?

3. Who apparently knows nothing of Mr. Shelby's debt?

4. What does Senator Bird give someone to help support Eliza before he and she parted?

5. How does Mrs. Shelby feel about the people who are in charge of the search party?

(see the answer key)

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