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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2, Nights with Uncle Remus, 1 through 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What upsets the little boy about the possum and the missing butter?
(a) the possum made it look like the wolf ate the butter.
(b) the possum dies when he wasn't guilty of eating it.
(c) the possum did not get any butter to eat.
(d) Brer Rabbit told a lie about the possum.

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

3. When the dog chases the fox, what does Brer Fox believe?
(a) that the dog was a friend of the goose.
(b) that Brer Rabbit set the dog on him.
(c) that the dog was hiding under the bed.
(d) that Miss Sally set the dog on him.

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

5. Why does the fox's tail have a white tip?
(a) it caught on fire when he jumped over the bonfire.
(b) it got dipped into the whitewash for the fence.
(c) it turned white when Brer Fox got scared.
(d) it got caught in a rabbit trap.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Uncle Remus explain the cure for a plantation witch?

2. What habit of the goose does the little boy ask Uncle Remus about?

3. Who is the main storyteller of the book?

4. For what purpose does Brer Rabbit use a cannon and a bucket of nasty slop water?

5. How does Brer Rabbit get revenge on Brer Wolf?

(see the answer key)

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