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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Topsy come to Eva's room daily?

2. Who was in charge of the new slave in St. Clare household?

3. Who is Dodo?

4. In a heated discussion with Miss Ophelia, what does Mrs. St. Clare say she would have done to Topsy?

5. After they get the letter from Tom, what does Aunt Chloe ask Mrs. Shelby to write for her?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is ironic about how and why Augustine St. Clare dies?

2. How does the language of Eliza and George's escape to freedom reflect the mood of this journey--"The blue waves of Lake Erie danced, rippling and sparkling in the sunlight. A fresh breeze blew from the shore, and the lordly boat ploughed her way right gallantly onward."

3. How is Tom's death the epitome of selflessness and forgiveness?

4. Why is Cassy a key character in through whom Stowe explores Simon Legree's temperament and treatment of slaves?

5. Why might Stowe ends this chapter speaking directly to the reader about what might it feel like to be free for the first time?

6. With all the happy endings in the book, why might Stowe have chosen to have Tom, the most beloved character, beat to death?

7. Why might Stowe have had the significant black characters who are now free end up going to Africa to do missionary work?

8. What do readers learn about the development of a person from the relationship between Eva and Topsy?

9. How does Miss Ophelia's feelings about "training" Topsy reveal what the problem is for people who attempt to control their servants or slaves with violence?

10. What does the death of Augustine emphasize about the lives and futures of their slaves?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Religion is a motif in Uncle Tom's Cabin. Several characters have very different opinions the value of religion in one's life. Compare or contrast the religious view of three of the following characters:

Uncle Tom

Eliza

George Harris

Rachel Halliday

Augustine St. Clare

Simon Legree

Essay Topic 2

In Uncle Tom's Cabin, Stowe has her principle black characters return to Africa and do missionary work. Evaluate that "ending" versus having them remain in Canada. What does this ending suggest about her feelings about:

a. racial integration,

b. the eventual abolition of slavery,

c. the contribution of blacks to American society, and

d. the obligation that white Americans had to the slaves that they obtained and exploited?

You may decide to write about three or all four of these topics.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the characters that most embody love and why this theme of love is so important to an anti-slavery novel.

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