Uncle Tom's Cabin, HS, D

4 Written Questions

1. (Latin) a conclusion or inference which does not follow from the premises from which it is drawn; a remark that has no bearing on what has just been said.
2. a pallet, or thin mattress.
3. (Spanish) a stew; or, by extension, any assortment or medley
4. a highway or main road.

3 Multiple Choice Questions

1. (French: literally, "without breeches") revolutionaries; a term of contempt applied by French aristocrats to the poorly equipped members of the French Revolutionary army, who substituted pantaloons for knee-breeches.
   1. pallaise
   2. sans culottes
   3. non sequitur
   4. rattan
2. peach blossom.
   1. peach-blow
   2. pallaise
   3. quadroon
   4. palm-leaf
3. a person of mixed race whose ancestry includes one grandparent of African descent and three of European.
   1. quadroon
   2. rattan
   3. rusk
   4. pallaise

3 True/False Questions

1. rusk → a highway or main road.

   True        False

2. rattan → sweet, raised bread or cake, sliced and toasted or baked a second time.

   True        False

3. palm-leaf → a pallet, or thin mattress.

   True        False