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Uncle Tom's Cabin

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About the Author

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

About the Novel

Introduction
A Brief Synopsis
List of Characters
Character Map

Summaries and Commentaries

Chapter I
Chapters II and III
Chapter IV
Chapters V–VII
Chapters VIII and IX
Chapter X
Chapters XI–XIV
Chapter XV and XVI
Chapter XVII
Chapter XVIII–XXI
Chapter XXII–XXV
Chapters XXVI–XXVIII
Chapters XXIX–XXXII
Chapters XXXIII–XXXVI
Chapters XXXVII–XLI
Chapters XLII–XLV

Character Analyses

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
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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