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Chapters XXXIV–XXXVIII

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Uncle Tom’s Cabin

Harriet Beecher Stowe

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1. To whom does Shelby sell Tom and Harry?

(A) Haley

(B) Legree

(D) Marie

2. In what year was the Fugitive Slave Act passed?

(A) 1784

(B) 1841

(D) 1857

3. In what city do the St. Clares live?

(A) Memphis

(B) New Orleans

(D) Atlanta

4. How old is Emmeline?

(A) Ten

(B) Thirteen

(D) Fifteen

5. Who is Eliza's mother?

(A) Cassy

(B) Mrs. Shelby

(D) Aunt Chloe

6. How many children does Uncle Tom have?

(A) One

(B) Seven

(D) Three

7. In what state is the Shelby farm located?

(A) Tennessee

(B) Kentucky

(D) Mississippi

8. Where does Tom first meet Eva?

(A) In New Orleans

(B) On a ferry

(D) On a riverboat

9. In what state was Uncle Tom's Cabin written?

(A) Maine

(B) Massachusetts

(D) Ohio

10. Over what river does Eliza make her miraculous crossing?

(A) The Mississippi

(B) The Colorado

(D) The Danube

11. Who inherits ownership of Tom when St. Clare dies?

(A) Eva

(B) Marie

(D) Haley

12. How does St. Clare die?

(A) He drowns

(B) He suffers a heart attack

(D) He is stabbed

13. Who saves Eva from drowning?

(A) Tom

(B) Chloe

(D) Loker

14. In what state is Legree's plantation located?

(A) Georgia

(B) Florida

(D) Vermont

15. Who shoots Tom Loker?

(A) Eliza

(B) George Harris

(D) Uncle Tom

16. Who heals Loker?

(A) Eliza

(B) Marie

(D) The Quakers

17. What term describes Cassy's racial heritage?

(A) Quadroon

(B) Mulatto

(D) Hectoroon

18. What President reportedly claimed that Uncle Tom's Cabin started the Civil War?

(A) Grant

(B) McKinley

(D) Buchanan

19. From where does Eliza cross into Canada?

(A) Lake Erie

(B) Lake Huron

(D) Northern Minnesota

20. Whom does St. Clare give to Ophelia to educate?

(A) Eva

(B) Prue

(D) Topsy

21. Which character directly opposes the Fugitive Slave Law?

(A) Senator Bird

(B) Mrs. Bird

(D) Haley

22. Who beats Uncle Tom to death?

(A) Legree

(B) St. Clare

(D) George Shelby

23. What is Mrs. Shelby's first name?

(A) Emily

(B) Rachel

(D) Danielle

24. In what state does Tom die?

(A) Kentucky

(B) Tennessee

(D) Louisiana

25. To which country do George and Eliza plan to immigrate?

(A) Liberia

(B) Nigeria

(D) Algeria

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