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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Brer Rabbit use to keep Brer Fox from catching him in Miss Meadows' chimney?
(a) he drops on Brer Fox's head and knocks him out.
(b) he climbs out the top and jumps off the roof.
(c) he spits rabbit tobacco in his eye.
(d) he tosses down soot from the chimney.

2. 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 burning him in a fire.
(d) by hiding in Brer Buzzard's nest.

3. How does Brer Rabbit avoid capture by Brer Bear after he gets out of Brer Fox's trap?
(a) by jumping into the briar patch.
(b) by hiding in a mudhole pretending to be a frog.
(c) by putting on his wife's dress.
(d) by running to Miss Meadows' house.

4. In the absence of Uncle Remus, who tells the little boy tales?
(a) African Jack.
(b) Aunt Tempy.
(c) Tilly.
(d) Miss Sally.

5. How does Brer Rabbit get Brer Fox's grandfather to go help get Brer Fox out of the bee gum?
(a) a big bell.
(b) a map.
(c) a loud horn.
(d) a riddle.

6. What habit of the goose does the little boy ask Uncle Remus about?
(a) chasing dogs.
(b) biting small boys.
(c) standing on one leg.
(d) taking in washing.

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

8. 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 fox got away.
(c) he tells how the possum tricked the fox.
(d) he adds a possum to the story.

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

10. According to Uncle Remus, which character are both Brer Rabbit and Brer Fox sweet on?
(a) Miss Meadows' younger daughter.
(b) Miss Meadows.
(c) the King Deer's daughter.
(d) Miss Sally.

11. Who answers Brer Tarrypin by saying, "knee deep"?
(a) the frogs.
(b) Brer Rabbit.
(c) Miss Meadow's girls.
(d) the dog.

12. What does Brer Rabbit trick Brer Fox into doing to go to Miss Meadows' house?
(a) getting him to put on a dress.
(b) letting him ride Brer Fox like a horse.
(c) having a race to see who gets there first.
(d) pulling him in a wagon.

13. 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 thinks the man let him out of the bag.
(c) he believes the possum got out through a hole in the bag.
(d) he doesn't know but he'd like to have some cooked possum.

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

15. Why does Brer Rabbit free Brer Fox from Mr. Man's trap?
(a) because Brer Fox cries for his family.
(b) because Mr. Man goes to get the dogs.
(c) because it was only a joke.
(d) because Mr. Man want to catch gophers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Benjamin Ram do to frighten away the wolves?

2. Why does Uncle Remus say he cannot tell the boy Mr. Man's real name?

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

4. What happens when the alligator runs through the fire?

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

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