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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 6, The Tales of Uncle Remus and Brer Rabbit.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Uncle Remus describe the buzzard's breakfast of dead hawk?
(a) as a justice done.
(b) as a plan that worked.
(c) as a meal that tasted just like chicken.
(d) as a round about way of eating chicken.

2. How does Uncle Remus excuse Brer Rabbit for hideous behavior with Granny Wolf?
(a) Uncle Remus says Brer Rabbit was tough when pushed.
(b) Uncle Remus says Brer Rabbit was sleep walking.
(c) Uncle Remus says the wolf had done worse to him.
(d) Uncle Remus says it's just a story and not true.

3. How does Mr. Lion get into the barrel of hot water?
(a) he backs in, sticking his tail through a hole in the barrel.
(b) he jumps in quickly to get used to the hot water.
(c) he dives in head first.
(d) he gets pushed in by Brer Wolf.

4. How does Brer Wolf attempt to entice Brer Rabbit to come near him?
(a) he asks Brer Rabbit to being a new shovel.
(b) he claims he found the gold mine.
(c) he plays like he hurt himself digging for gold.
(d) he tells Brer Rabbit he found one of his children.

5. How is Brer Rabbit's idea of sewing the dog's mouth shut like the Aesop fable of the Mice and the Cat?
(a) the dog never closes his mouth like the cat.
(b) mice fear the dog in one story and the cat in the other.
(c) no one wnts to do the sewing like no one would bell the cat.
(d) rabbits and mice have no fingers to use for sewing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What gives Brer Rabbit the idea to play a trick with a barrel of hot water?

2. What does Benjamin Ram do to frighten away the wolves?

3. How does Brer Rabbit cause the other critters' plan to trap him to backfire?

4. What causes Brer Rabbit to roll in the leaves and look like a monster?

5. How does Brer Rabbit gain entry into a wonderful garden?

(see the answer key)

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