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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. Who is Aunt Chloe?
(a) Uncle Tom's wife.
(b) Mrs. Shelby's name.
(c) A gardener.
(d) Mr. Shelby's aunt who lives with them.

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

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

4. Who is the character "Mas'r George" who is teaching Uncle Tom how to write?
(a) Eliza's husband.
(b) Mr. Shelby.
(c) Mr. Shelby's son, George.
(d) Uncle Tom's eldest son.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first possible solution Mr. Shelby introduces as a possibility for paying Mr. Haley?

2. Which character is very protective towards Eliza?

3. Who is Albert?

4. What is it that makes Eliza feel momentarily sad as she runs away?

5. What happens to Lucy by the end of the Chapter 12?

Short Essay Questions

1. What character says, "don't quote the Bible at me that way," and what does this quotation reveal about his character?

2. What are two good reasons that "The Mother's Struggle" is an appropriate title for Chapter 7?

3. How does the treatment of George by his master compare or contrast with how Eliza is treated by her owners.

4. Why does the author write that "Sam was in wonderful spirits," when each of his possible sightings of Eliza turn out to not be her?

5. What character speaks about laws and says, "we have nothing to do with them; all they are for is to crush us, and keep us down."

6. In spite of the differences between Tom and Eva's life situation, what character traits do they have in common?

7. When and how do George and Eliza show their true religious nature?

8. What provides the comic relief in Chapter 6?

9. Compare or contrast Mr. Shelby's and Mr. Haley's opinions on how to treat slaves should be treated.

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

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