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

2. 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 is covered in molasses and leaves.
(c) he paints himself white like a ghost.
(d) he learns to roar like a lion.

3. According to Uncle Remus, what did folks always have to pass no matter where they were going a long time ago?
(a) the little brown church.
(b) the haunted house.
(c) the judge's house.
(d) the blacksmith shop.

4. According to Aunt Tempy, how does the wolf get into the meeting of the horned cattle?
(a) by disguising himself as a man.
(b) by disguising himself as a horned cow.
(c) by bringing salt blocks to the meeting.
(d) by disgusing himself as a rabbit.

5. What is the story of Mr. Lion and his wool an example of in the Uncle Remus stories?
(a) Uncle Remus's lack of imagination.
(b) using animals that inhabit the southern states.
(c) jokes Uncle Remus plays on the little boy's mind.
(d) explaining why animals look the way they do.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Uncle Remus respond to the boy's wish to fly?

2. What results when the chimney falls in?

3. What childhood story had been denied the little boy, keeping the wings of his imagination clipped?

4. What gives Brer Rabbit the idea to play a trick with a barrel of hot water?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who are Crazy Sue, Lillian, and Lucien?

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

4. In the story of the witch-wolf, explain why she wanted to marry a man.

5. What is the evidence that the little boy's mother does not approve of Uncle Remus' tales?

6. Explain how Uncle Remus relates superstitious ideas about scientific phenomena.

7. What Aesop fable is similar to Uncle Remus's tale, Brother Rabbit Takes a Walk?

8. What is Uncle Remus' response when the little boy asks when once upon a time is?

9. What is the folklore Uncle Remus tells the boy about the cricket?

10. What does the third generation little boy confide to Uncle Remus about his mother?

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