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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What trick of Brer Possum fails to save Brer Fox for the Man's whip?
(a) jumping over a bonfire.
(b) playing dead.
(c) eating butter.
(d) running into a hollow tree.

2. Why does Uncle Remus say he cannot tell the boy Mr. Man's real name?
(a) it is a big secret who the man is.
(b) no one ever called the man by his real name.
(c) it might embarrass the man if people know who he is.
(d) either no one ever told him or that he can't remember.

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

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

5. Who is Mammy-Bammy Big-Money?
(a) the alter-ego of African Jack.
(b) the old woman who lives on the next plantation.
(c) the banker who tries to buy the boy's plantation.
(d) the one from whom Brer Rabbit got his lucky rabbit's foot.

6. For what purpose does Brer Rabbit use a cannon and a bucket of nasty slop water?
(a) to chase off the dog.
(b) to get possession of a mansion.
(c) to wake up Brer Bear.
(d) to scare off Miss Meadows' girls.

7. What are the bugs on the grapes Brer Fox tries to brush away?
(a) ladybugs.
(b) fleas.
(c) wasps.
(d) gnats.

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

9. How does Brer Rabbit gain entry into a wonderful garden?
(a) he dashes in when the man opens the gate.
(b) he digs a tunnel under the fence.
(c) he tricks a little girl into unlocking the gate.
(d) he gets the eagle to fly him over the wall.

10. 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.

11. All covered with leaves, what does Brer Rabbit call out to scare Brer Fox and Brer Wolf?
(a) Boo
(b) Wull-er-de-Wust
(c) Whip-poor-will
(d) I-doom-er-ker-du-mer-ker

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

13. Why does Uncle Remus say that Brer Bear is likely stuck in a hollow tree to this day?
(a) Brer Rabbit stirs up the bees to swell Brer Bear's head.
(b) Brer Rabbit put glue into the hole in the tree.
(c) Brer Rabbit put grease on the tree so he cannot come down.
(d) Brer Bear will not turn loose of the honeycomb.

14. What causes Brer Rabbit to roll in the leaves and look like a monster?
(a) he falls into a syrup vat.
(b) he falls into a glue pot.
(c) he gets all tangled up with the tar baby.
(d) honey spills on him.

15. How does Brer Tarrypin fool Brer Fox into letting go of his tail?
(a) he tells Brer Fox to jump into the pond.
(b) he tells Brer Fox to grab his shell.
(c) he tells Brer Fox he is holding onto a root.
(d) he tells Brer Fox he is about to bite off his tail.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Why does Brer Terrapin call for a fire test after the rabbit's children are eaten?

4. What creature does Uncle Remus credit for the great flood?

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

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