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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 14, 15 and 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the boat Tom is aboard docks, what does Tom do?
(a) He goes home with Mr. Haley.
(b) He stays on the boat and reads his Bible.
(c) He goes to St. Clare plantation.
(d) He goes to a tavern and waits for Mr. Haley to be done with dinner.

2. How does Uncle Tom receive the news of the slaves on Shelby plantation being sold?
(a) Uncle Tom tells Eliza that she must be mistaken and that Mr. Shelby would never do such a thing.
(b) He says he feels badly, but he would never run away becase he would never want to disappoint his master.
(c) He encourages Eliza to run away and offers to care for her son until she can send for him.
(d) He encourages Eliza to get Mrs. Shelby to help her hide.

3. Where does Tom stay while Haley goes to the slave auction?
(a) In a carriage, watched by a guard.
(b) At a friend of Haley's.
(c) At a hotel.
(d) In jail.

4. Who says that he/she "wouldn't give a flip" for politics?
(a) Mrs. Bird.
(b) Both.
(c) Neither.
(d) Mr. Bird.

5. 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 Eliza's slave quarters.
(b) The exterior of George's house.
(c) The exterior of the main house on the plantation.
(d) The exterior of Uncle Tom's cabin.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What words convey the atmosphere described in the homes of the Quakers who the reader meets in Chapter 13?

3. To what place does George plan to travel?

4. Who is Augustine St. Clare?

5. In the chapter titled "The Property is Carried Off" what is the "property" that is referred to here?

(see the answer key)

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