Question 1

Who wrote Uncle Toms Cabin?

a. Henry Clay
b. John Haley
c. Harriet Beecher Stowe
d. Shelby Stowe
Question 2
What influenced the author to write Uncle Toms Cabin?
a. After meeting slave owners, she wanted the whole nation to see that
slavery was evil in most slave owners' eyes.
b. She wanted to encourage Abraham Lincoln to run for President to put an
end to all slavery.
c. After meeting people who had escaped from slavery, she wanted to write

"something that will make this whole nation feel what an accursed thing
slavery is".
d. After escaping from slavery, she wanted to write "something that will
make this whole nation feel what an accursed thing slavery is".

Question 3
How did Northerners feel about Uncle Toms Cabin?
a. Northerners felt like the book went too far in showing the evils of slavery.
b. The book was not accurate in its portrayal of slave life in the United
States.
c. Northerners felt like it was propaganda because it did not give an accurate
description of enslaved African Americans.
d. The book showed that slavery was more than just a political conflict; it

was a human, moral problem facing Americans.

Question 4
How did Southerners feel about Uncle Toms Cabin?
a. The book accurately showed that slavery was more than just a political
conflict; it was a human, moral problem facing Americans.
b. Southerners felt like it was propaganda because it did not give an

accurate description of enslaved African Americans' lives.

c. Southerners did not read the book, so they formed no opinion.
d. The book was mostly true in its portrayal of slave life in the United States.

Question 5
What are the characters in the story (on pages 492-493) discussing?
a. Whether owing slaves was morally wrong
b. Trading/selling young slaves
c. How to treat all people
d. Political parties
Question 6
How does the author portray the characters in the story as they talk about the
slaves?
a. The characters called the slaves "critters" and do not see them the same

way as they see whites.

b. The characters think the slaves should be treated like all other people.
c. The characters want the slaves to runaway.
 d. The characters talked about the slaves like they were cattle or items to

be sold and traded; like a business.

Question 7
In your opinion, do the characters in the story seem to care about their slaves in
a humane way or just as business? Why or why not?
You must support your answer with evidence.

In my opinion, the characters treat their slaves in a inhumane way, as if they were a business.
For example, the text states, " 'Come, how will you trade about the gal?-what shall I say for
her?-what'll you take?' " The slaveholders/sellers are treating them like objects to be bought
rather than living, breathing human beings.

Question 8
In your opinion, how do you think a Northerner would react to reading this story
for the first time?
How would a Southerner react to reading this story for the first time?
Support your arguments with evidence.

Back then, I think a Northerner would be prompted to take action. This story shows the cruelty
of slavery the Northerners fight against. I think they would be enraged, but would want to read
it because they wanted to have kindling for a fire. The text on page 488 states, "Stowe's book
was a bestseller in the North." However, the South was also angry that Stowe was bringing
slavery to the eye of the public with her book. They were angry that Northerners were learning
of the ways they treat slaves, but claimed it was "propaganda" like it says on page 488, "They
claimed the novel did not give a fair or accurate picture of the lives of enslaved African
Americans." They were angry that the Northerners were learning of their ways of cruelty.