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Uncle Tom's Cabin

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Book Summary

Harriet Beecher Stowe Biography

Early Years and Education
Early Writing and Marriage
Stowe's Masterpiece and Other Works

About Uncle Tom's Cabin

Summary, Analysis, and Original Text by Chapter

Chapter 1
Chapters 2–3
Chapter 4
Chapters 5–7
Chapters 8–9
Chapter 10
Chapters 11–14
Chapter 15–16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18–21
Chapter 22–25
Chapters 26–28
Chapters 29–32
Chapters 33–36
Chapters 37–41
Chapters 42–45

Character List

Character Map

Character Analysis

Uncle Tom
Eliza
George Harris
Simon Legree
Augustine St. Clare
Topsy

Critical Essays

Themes in Uncle Tom's Cabin
A Mosaic of Movement and Conflict in Uncle Tom's Cabin
The Haunted Cabin: Uncle Tom and the Gothic

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1:  Where is Shelby’s plantation?

a. Alabama

b. Mississippi

c. Georgia

d. Kentucky
2:  Whom does Mr. Haley choose from among Shelby’s slaves?

a. Uncle Tom and Eliza

b. Eliza and Harry

c. Uncle Tom and Harry

d. Uncle Tom and Cassy
3:  Where did George, Eliza’s husband, intend to flee to?

a. Canada

b. The Appalachian Mountains

c. The Caribbean

d. Africa
4:  Where does Senator Bird take Eliza and Harry?

a. To a Methodist community

b. To a Congregationalist community

c. To Philadelphia

d. To a Quaker settlement
5:  Who has been teaching Uncle Tom to read?

a. Mr. Symmes

b. Mr. Haley

c. George

d. Eliza
6:  What job does Uncle Tom perform at the St. Clare plantation?

a. Groomsman

b. Valet

c. Head coachman

d. Cook
7:  What does Eva’s father promise her before she dies?

a. That he will free Uncle Tom

b. That he will adopt Topsy

c. That he will remarry

d. That he will try to find Harry
8:  Who “haunts” the evil Simon Legree when he is drunk?

a. Eliza

b. George

c. Uncle Tom

d. Cassy
9:  Who is Eliza’s mother?

a. Mrs. Shelby

b. Miss Ophelia

c. Cassy

d. Madame de Thoux
10:  Where do Eliza and George settle in the end?

a. Canada

b. Kentucky

c. Liberia

d. a Caribbean island



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