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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 Brer Tarrypin get Brer Buzzard's quills?
(a) by snatching them when Brer Buzzard sleeps.
(b) by pulling him into the pond.
(c) by hiding in Brer Buzzard's nest.
(d) by burning him in a fire.

2. What is the disguise that Brer Fox uses to scare the other animals from the watering hole?
(a) he is covered in molasses and leaves.
(b) he gets under a horned cow hide.
(c) he learns to roar like a lion.
(d) he paints himself white like a ghost.

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

4. In the tale The Little Boy and His Dogs, who does the boy kill?
(a) Brer Fox and Brer Rabbit.
(b) the bears who kidnapped his sister.
(c) Brer Tarrypin.
(d) two panthers dressed as women.

5. How does Daddy Jack change Uncle Remus' story about the fox in the garden?
(a) he changes the fox for a possum.
(b) he tells how the possum tricked the fox.
(c) he tells how the fox got away.
(d) he adds a possum to the story.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Brer Rabbit get the fox to chase a wagon?

2. When the stories change a bit, what does the little boy wonder about?

3. What upsets the little boy about the possum and the missing butter?

4. According to Aunt Tempy, how does the wolf get into the meeting of the horned cattle?

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

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