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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. How does Mrs. Shelby view the news of "her" slaves being sold?
(a) She is angry and wants to take her favorite slaves and run away.
(b) She feels badly, but accepts the fact that these things happen on plantations.
(c) She feels that it is God's curse on the people involved in slavery.
(d) She feels that she can change her husband's mind.

2. Who is Phineas Fletcher?
(a) A slave catcher.
(b) A friend of the Hallidays and a fellow Quaker.
(c) A slave who wants to join Eliza and George on their journey north.
(d) A white man who supervises the slaves on the Halliday plantation.

3. Who is Dinah?
(a) The Birds' dog.
(b) The Birds' niece.
(c) The Birds' maid.
(d) The Birds' daughter.

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

5. What words convey the atmosphere described in the homes of the Quakers who the reader meets in Chapter 13?
(a) Cold and empty.
(b) Warm and cozy.
(c) Fancy and luxorious.
(d) Sleek and modern.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Lucy?

2. When Mr. Haley leaves Mr. Shelby, what is the awful truth that Mrs. Shelby learns?

3. Why is Eliza easily able to ask for help of a woman she meets without risking being suspected of being a runaway slave?

4. What has Haley done to Tom that reveals that even Haley recognizes Tom's gentleness and loyalty to his master?

5. When Mr. Haley becomes agitated during their discussion of slave treatment, what does Mr. Shelby try to calm him with?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. How does the reader know that Eliza trusts Mrs. Shelby?

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

4. What effect has studying the Christian religion had on Eliza?

5. Why might the author so frequently speak directly to the reader and asks the reader questions as she does in the last four to five paragraphs at the end of this chapter?

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

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

8. What is effect of the description of life at the Hallidays?

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

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

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