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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Brer Rabbit tell Brer Fox to get him to change places in Mr. Man's trap?
(a) that Mr. Man is looking for a pet to feed and care for.
(b) that Brer Tarrypin will think it is safe for him to come near.
(c) that he is getting paid to scare away the squirrels.
(d) that Miss Meadows put him there to take him to a party.

2. What does Brer Rabbit tell Brer Fox to get him to trade places in the man's trap?
(a) that he is being forced to drink wine.
(b) the he is being forced to eat mutton.
(c) that he is being forced to marry Miss Meadows.
(d) that he is being forced to catch chickens.

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

4. Why is Brer Rabbit safe in the briar patch?
(a) because he knows a secret passage there.
(b) because he isn't allergic to briars.
(c) because he was born and grew up there.
(d) because he has heavy clothes on.

5. Why does Uncle Remus finish the tale of Brer Rabbit and the tar baby on another night?
(a) because the little boy asks him what happened.
(b) because the boy liked that tale so much.
(c) because he forgot to finish earlier.
(d) because he cannot think of another tale.

Short Answer Questions

1. What causes Brer Rabbit to roll in the leaves and look like a monster?

2. How does Daddy Jack change Uncle Remus' story about the fox in the garden?

3. In the absence of Uncle Remus, who tells the little boy tales?

4. When the other animals exclude Brer Rabbit, how does he get them to come to him?

5. What is the rumor about African Jack?

Short Essay Questions

1. What prompts Aunt Tempy to say she must return to the cabin of Uncle Remus more often?

2. What moral question does the little boy raise after hearing how Brer Rabbit tricked Mr. Mann out of his meat?

3. What is the social comment Uncle Remus makes regarding Miss Goose and her relationship to white folks?

4. Explain the difference between the fables Uncle Remus tells and the superstition in The Plantation Witch.

5. How does Mr. Tarrypin fool Brer Fox into letting him go?

6. How do the tales, Brother Terrapin Deceives Brother Buzzard and Brother Fox Covets the Quills run together?

7. How is Brer Fox caught by his appetite under the Pimmerly Plum?

8. What happens to Brer Wolf as he is being raised to the top of Brer Rabbit's steeple?

9. How do the frogs trick Brer Fox into falling into the pond?

10. Describe Brer Bear's reaction when he discovers he has been hoodwinked by Brer Rabbit in the peanut patch.

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