Uncle Tom's Cabin

In what year was the Fugitive Slave Act passed?

• 1784

• 1841

• 1850

• 1857

In what city do the St. Clares live?

• Memphis

• New Orleans

• Louisville

• Atlanta

How does St. Clare die?

• He drowns

• He suffers a heart attack

• He falls from a hot-air balloon

• He is stabbed

Who saves Eva from drowning?

• Tom

• Chloe

• George

• Loker

Who beats Uncle Tom to death?

• Legree

• St. Clare

• Legree’s overseers

• George Shelby

What effect did the book have on the North?

• it made them realize just how bad slavery was and begin to fight against it

• it made them want to expand slavery

• it didn't affect them

• it led to increased sympathy for slaveowners in the South

Uncle Tom's Cabin helped divide the North and South on slavery, setting the stage for the Civil War

• True

• False

What impact did the novel have on the issue of slavery?

• It sold over 300,000 copies in the first year of publication

• It personalized the political and economic arguments about slavery

• It established its author as a celebrity

• It inspired Abraham Lincoln to join the Republican Party

What does Eva’s father promise her before she dies?

• That he will adopt Topsy

• That he will remarry

• That he will free Uncle Tom

• That he will try to find Harry

How do the Shelby's treat their slaves?

• kindly but firmly

• set them all free

• beat them every day

• they don't have slaves