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

2. How does Uncle Remus excuse Brer Rabbit for hideous behavior with Granny Wolf?
(a) Uncle Remus says it's just a story and not true.
(b) Uncle Remus says Brer Rabbit was tough when pushed.
(c) Uncle Remus says Brer Rabbit was sleep walking.
(d) Uncle Remus says the wolf had done worse to him.

3. How does Brer Rabbit cause the other critters' plan to trap him to backfire?
(a) he challenges them to a dance off contest.
(b) he brings his fiddle along and plays a tune for them.
(c) he plays along and then runs away fast as a horse.
(d) he overhears them and tricks them into going to Miss Meadows's house.

4. For the bear hunt, what arrangements does Brer Rabbit make to fool Brer Fox and Brer Wolf?
(a) he sets up everything with Brer Bear ahead of time.
(b) he tells Mr. Man to be there with his gun.
(c) he cuts the ropes on their bear trap.
(d) he digs a hole for them to fall in.

5. What does Uncle Remus mean when he talks about the "behime" wheels of a wagon?
(a) he means the rear wheels.
(b) he means the biggest wheels.
(c) he means the slow wheels.
(d) he means the bottom wheels.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do Brer Fox and Brer Wolf not run away when they hear Brer Bear coming?

2. When the storyteller changes, who tells tales to children named Lillian and Lucien?

3. What message does Brer Rabbit arrange to have everyone deliver to the blacksmith?

4. In the tale The Little Boy and His Dogs, who does the boy kill?

5. How does Brer Rabbit scare the tiger away?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Uncle Remus convince the boy that Brer Rabbit sometimes was not the smartest creature in the whole creation?

2. What is the lesson of the Doodang?

3. How does Brer Rabbit get the other animals to work hard digging holes?

4. Who is the company everyone tells the blacksmith he is going to have soon?

5. Explain how Uncle Remus uses common occurrences to teach the boy valuable lessons.

6. What is the boy's poignant declaration about his laughing place?

7. Describe the secret of Brer Rabbit's laughing place.

8. How does Brer Rabbit describe his wife's behavior as he visits with Brer Wolf and Brer Fox?

9. Describe Brer Rabbit's invitation to the other animals to a barbecue.

10. What is the influence that the little boy's mother relies on in bring up the boy thereby affecting his imagination?

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