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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Augustine St. Clare?
(a) Little Eva's father.
(b) A man who talks with Haley on the boat.
(c) The riverboat captain.
(d) Little Eva's mother.

2. How does Mrs. Selby react to the news that Eliza has escaped?
(a) She faints.
(b) She is secretly delighted.
(c) She expected this would happen and gets a new personal slave for herself.
(d) She is furious.

3. Who are Lokar and Marks?
(a) Mr. Haley's sons.
(b) Riverboat workers.
(c) Slaves.
(d) Slave traders.

4. What does Mr. Shelby offer Haley to content him when their business deal gets delayed?
(a) Dinner.
(b) A game of croquet.
(c) A card game.
(d) A chess game.

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

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

7. Where is Mr. Butler headed when the reader meets him in the tavern?
(a) Ohio.
(b) The Haley plantation.
(c) Georgia.
(d) Canada.

8. What does Harry do when he first meets Mr. Shelby and Mr. Haley?
(a) He shyly asks for a piece of candy.
(b) He sings and dances for them.
(c) He sings "America the Beautiful' for them.
(d) He recites a childish poem he has made up.

9. What are Mr. Shelby and Mr. Haley discussing in Chapter 1?
(a) Successful crops on their plantations.
(b) Their marriages.
(c) Whether slavery is moral or immoral.
(d) How Mr. Shelby will pay Mr. Haley the debt he owes.

10. In the conversation in the tavern about how to best manage slaves, what is it that interrupts this discussion?
(a) The entrance of Mr. Von Trompe.
(b) The entrance of a United States marshal.
(c) The entrance of Mr. Haley accompanied by Uncle Tom.
(d) The entrance of a man who is said to look like a Spaniard.

11. Who are Bill and Jerry?
(a) Shelby's grandsons.
(b) Lead deputies.
(c) Horses.
(d) Haley's sons.

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

13. Who is Eva?
(a) A slave who belongs to the riverboat captain.
(b) A little black girl Tom meets on the riverboat.
(c) A little white girl Tom meets on the riverboat.
(d) A female slave roughly Tom's age whom he meets on the riverboat.

14. What is the first possible solution Mr. Shelby introduces as a possibility for paying Mr. Haley?
(a) Harry as payment.
(b) Uncle Tom's cabin rent as payment.
(c) Uncle Tom as payment.
(d) Eliza as payment.

15. What is Aunt Chloe's primary responsibility of the plantation?
(a) She is the head cook.
(b) She is in charge of rotating crops.
(c) She is in charge of all child care.
(d) She is gardener.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Lucy?

2. Who is John Von Trompe?

3. When Phineas expresses understanding about this thing George possesses, how does Mr. Halliday react?

4. By what means of transportation does Mr. Haley travel with Tom?

5. When the boat Tom is aboard docks, what does Tom do?

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