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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Sectino 2, Nights with Uncle Remus, 25 through 38.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Uncle Remus do for the little boy that he did for Miss Sally when she was a girl?
(a) teaches him how to start a fire.
(b) he protects him from being punished.
(c) gives him bitter molases for a cold.
(d) tells his father how he acted up.

2. How does Uncle Remus explain the cure for a plantation witch?
(a) bars on the windows keep him from going out in the night.
(b) chicken blood sprinkled on the witch makes him lose power.
(c) salt in the witch's bed keeps him from transforming into a bat.
(d) salt on his shed skin causes the witch agony when he returns.

3. What does Brer Rabbit tell Brer Fox to get him to trade places in the man's trap?
(a) that he is being forced to marry Miss Meadows.
(b) that he is being forced to drink wine.
(c) the he is being forced to eat mutton.
(d) that he is being forced to catch chickens.

4. How does Brer Rabbit warn Brer Fox to keep his distance?
(a) he says he has a big stick.
(b) he says he has a fox trap.
(c) he says he has a cold.
(d) he says he is full of fleas.

5. What is the rumor about African Jack?
(a) that he is insane.
(b) that he talks in his sleep.
(c) that he is the Devil.
(d) that he is a conjurer.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Miss Sally write out a pass for Uncle Remus?

2. How did the guinea fowls help the cow?

3. What becomes of the blacksmith that made a deal with the Devil which prevented him from both Heaven and Hell?

4. Why does Brer Fox make the tar baby?

5. When the dog chases the fox, what does Brer Fox believe?

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