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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2, Nights With Uncle Remus, 39 through 52.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What animal does Uncle Remus mimic by saying, I-doom-er-ker-du-mer-ker?
(a) the frog.
(b) the crow.
(c) the Mud Terkle.
(d) the terrapin.

2. What lie does Brer Rabbit tell Mr. Man to trick him out of his meat?
(a) that it was poisoned by Brer Buzzard.
(b) that Brer Wolf smells it and is coming to get it.
(c) that it smells and Mr. Man must drag it behind him.
(d) that the meat is really buzzard meat.

3. What creature does Uncle Remus credit for the great flood?
(a) the crawdad.
(b) the elephant.
(c) the ostrich.
(d) the whale.

4. What does Uncle Remus remark when the little boy asks what happened to the possum?
(a) he believes the possum got out through a hole in the bag.
(b) he doesn't know but he'd like to have some cooked possum.
(c) he thinks the man let him out of the bag.
(d) he says the possum played dead and got away.

5. How did the guinea fowls help the cow?
(a) by stirring up dust and saving her from the lion.
(b) by warning her of a quicksand hole.
(c) by showing her the way to go home when she was lost.
(d) by helping her get rid of some milk.

Short Answer Questions

1. What tale of Uncle Remus is likely the most cruel?

2. How does Brer Rabbit get Brer Bear to take his place in Brer Fox's trap in the peanut patch?

3. What does Brer Rabbit tell Brer Fox to get him to change places in Mr. Man's trap?

4. All covered with leaves, what does Brer Rabbit call out to scare Brer Fox and Brer Wolf?

5. In Daddy Jack's story, why does the Snake eat the woman's baby?

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