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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What childhood story had been denied the little boy, keeping the wings of his imagination clipped?
(a) Aesop's Fables.
(b) The Little Prince.
(c) the story of Santa Claus.
(d) Grimm's Fairytales.

2. How does Brer Rabbit get the fox to chase a wagon?
(a) telling him that the wagon is filled with money.
(b) telling him money will fall from the wheels rubbing together.
(c) telling him that he will get money for chasing the wagon.
(d) telling him that chickens fall from the wagon.

3. In what way does Uncle Remus personify the elements?
(a) he tells about how the dust runs on two legs.
(b) he talks about rain making mud.
(c) he talks about Brer Dust and Cousin Rain.
(d) he describes the dust as sneezing.

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

5. What gives Brer Rabbit the idea to play a trick with a barrel of hot water?
(a) watching the hogs clean up.
(b) watching how hot rocks make the water hot in a barrel.
(c) watching Mr. Man take a hot bath.
(d) watching Mr. Man clean the hair off of slaughtered hogs.

6. How does Brer Rabbit fool the wolf as he eats the black snake's goodies?
(a) he leads the snake to the wolf.
(b) he pretends to keep watch to warn the wolf.
(c) he tells the wolf that the goodies are his.
(d) he tells the snake what the wolf is doing.

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

8. What does the Teenchy Duck find that was taken from him?
(a) a purse of money in the river.
(b) a new suit of clothes hanging on a tree.
(c) gold in California.
(d) a carpet bag big enough to hide a fox.

9. In Crazy Sue's story, why did the raccoon pretend to be dead?
(a) to hide from his wife.
(b) to escape from the wolf.
(c) to fool a buzzard.
(d) to catch a frog.

10. What repulsive thing does Brer Rabbit do with Grinny, Granny Wolf?
(a) dresses her up as a lion and scares Brer Wolf.
(b) ties her to a tree near an ant hill.
(c) boils her and tricks Brer wolf into eating her.
(d) tells her the bees have all left the honey tree.

11. What absurd things does Teenchy-Tiny-Duck have in his bag?
(a) a lion, a coil of rope, a ladder, and a shovel.
(b) a wagon, a horse, and a pitchfork.
(c) a fox, a river, a ladder, and a swarm of bees.
(d) a ladder, a coal of fire, a fox, and two eagles.

12. How does Mr. Lion get into the barrel of hot water?
(a) he gets pushed in by Brer Wolf.
(b) he dives in head first.
(c) he jumps in quickly to get used to the hot water.
(d) he backs in, sticking his tail through a hole in the barrel.

13. What does Uncle Remus say to the boy after the tale of the Doodang and he still wishes he could fly?
(a) to try jumping off the roof of his house.
(b) to ask his mammy how to fly.
(c) to think hard and grow feathers.
(d) to fly to his mammy right then.

14. What does the boy's grandmother, Miss Sally, think of Uncle Remus' stories?
(a) they are like the hair on a tarrapin's shell.
(b) they are so much nonsense.
(c) they are worth listening to.
(d) they are out of date.

15. How does Uncle Remus have Brer Rabbit interfere in the human world?
(a) he makes up stories about Mr. Man and his daughter.
(b) he persuades Mr. Man's daughter to run away.
(c) he becomes a spy for Mr. Man on his daughter.
(d) he plants doubt in Mr. Man who kicks out his daughter.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Uncle Remus describe the buzzard's breakfast of dead hawk?

2. Which animal was the only one not tricked out of the butter by Brer Weasel?

3. Why does Uncle Remus say the bull grumbles and growls?

4. What location do all the animals want to know about?

5. Who replaces Brer Rabbit as king of the creatures?

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