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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 7, Uncle Remus and the Little Boy.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Uncle Remus insist that the story of the man and his corn is true?
(a) folks are still talking about it.
(b) he saw it with his own eyes.
(c) Miss Sally told him about it.
(d) he was that man.

2. How does Brer Rabbit trick Brer Fox out of his hunting game?
(a) by exchanging the game bag for a bag of rocks.
(b) by playing dead causing Brer Fox to put down his bag.
(c) by claiming that the bag is poisonous.
(d) by telling Brer Fox where there is bigger game.

3. How does Brer Rabbit gain entry into a wonderful garden?
(a) he dashes in when the man opens the gate.
(b) he tricks a little girl into unlocking the gate.
(c) he gets the eagle to fly him over the wall.
(d) he digs a tunnel under the fence.

4. Why does Brer Rabbit say the wolf's hair takes a long time to grow back?
(a) Mrs. Rabbit throws scalding water on him.
(b) Brer Wolf loses his hair in the fire.
(c) Brer Wolf gets covered in honey.
(d) the Man shaves the hair off Brer Wolf.

5. How does Brer Rabbit get Brer Fox banished by the King Deer?
(a) he tells Brer Fox that King Deer likes to eat bees.
(b) he writes ugly things on the walls and says Brer Fox did it.
(c) he kills some of the King Deer's goats.
(d) he tells the King Brer Fox is married.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Uncle Remus say that Brer Bear is likely stuck in a hollow tree to this day?

2. What does Uncle Remus mean when he talks about the "behime" wheels of a wagon?

3. What habit of the goose does the little boy ask Uncle Remus about?

4. When Brer Rabbit takes the man's chickens, who gets the blame?

5. What curious question does the little boy ask about the beginnings of the tales?

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