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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 9, Seven Tales of Uncle Remus.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Uncle Remus shake his head at African Jack?
(a) his stories are dull and uninteresting.
(b) his stories are too scary for the little boy.
(c) he uses bad language in front of the little boy.
(d) he tells stories that have no moral.

2. How does Uncle Remus explain the cure for a plantation witch?
(a) salt on his shed skin causes the witch agony when he returns.
(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) bars on the windows keep him from going out in the night.

3. What causes Brer Fox to fall into the pond?
(a) a mud slide.
(b) Brer Tarrypin's tail.
(c) his reflection.
(d) the frogs.

4. What is Uncle Remus' coined term for boastful speech?
(a) talking hautity.
(b) talking uppity.
(c) talking bragity.
(d) talking biggity.

5. What becomes of the blacksmith that made a deal with the Devil which prevented him from both Heaven and Hell?
(a) he roams the earth as a Jacky-my-lantern.
(b) he becomes an owl that never dies.
(c) he eats little children who go out at night.
(d) he flies like a bat at night.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the tale, Brother Fox and the White Muscadines, what happens after Brer Rabbit helps him climb a tree?

2. What results when the chimney falls in?

3. What trick of Brer Possum fails to save Brer Fox for the Man's whip?

4. How does the witch-wolf disguised as a woman get found out?

5. What does Tilly say about African Jack's love charm?

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