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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is it that Mrs. Bird feels is ignored by the passing of the Fugitive Slave Act?
(a) The Constitution.
(b) Christianity.
(c) Politics.
(d) Economy.

3. What family protects Eliza and Harry once they have crossed the river?
(a) The Hallidays.
(b) The Stedmans.
(c) The Stanwoods.
(d) The Rachels.

4. What is the main point of the Fugitive Slave Act?
(a) To make it legal for slave traders to enter free states.
(b) To make it illegal for people in northern states to aid runaway slaves.
(c) To make it legal for people in norther states to aid runaway slaves.
(d) To make it illegal for slave catchers to enter free states.

5. Who is absent from the plantation when Mr. Shelby and Mr. Haley's agreement moves into action?
(a) Mose, the child.
(b) Young Master George.
(c) Mr. Shelby.
(d) Mrs. Shelby.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Tom stay while Haley goes to the slave auction?

2. Who gives Uncle Tom a dollar to wear on his neck?

3. Who are Lokar and Marks?

4. What does Mr. Shelby offer Haley to content him when their business deal gets delayed?

5. Which character speaks about slaves in such a way that it is clear that he treats his slaves kindly and has thought a great deal about their humanity?

Short Essay Questions

1. How might the modern reader interpret Mr. Shelby's plan to be absent from the plantation when Tom is to be taken away?

2. The author, Harriet Beecher Stowe, feels it is important for her readers to know the substance of the Fugitive Slave Act. What does she do inform the reader of this law?

3. What is the effect of describing the actual cabin of Uncle Tom as a place where flowers grow and people worship and eat together?

4. What is unusual about Young Master Shelby teaching Tom how to write?

5. What does the reader learn in Chapters 2 and 3 about Eliza's past as a mother?

6. What is the author's purpose in having Sam tell the story of Eliza's escape and Mr. Haley's failed attempts to catch her?

7. How is the theme of religion versus politics explored in Chapter 9?

8. Why is Uncle Tom's loyalty to his master such a subject of harsh criticism and ridicule?

9. What is the author's intent by contrasting Mr. Haley's sole interest in thinking of slaves in terms of their physical strength and how he will be able to resell them and Tom's continued pondering on the Bible and a "pitying Jesus?"

10. Why do black people in the novel freely use the "n" word?

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