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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. After promising to nurse baby alligators, what does the bear do?

2. How does Brer Rabbit cause the other critters' plan to trap him to backfire?

3. What Uncle Remus story shocks the little boy?

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

5. Why is the little boy confused about the prowess of Brer Rabbit?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Brer Bear and his family get chased out of their house?

3. What is the outcome of Aunt Tempy's tale of Brother Rabbit Ties Mr. Lion?

4. How is the little boy stymied in his efforts to slip up on Uncle Remus to scare him?

5. What are the preposterous provisions Teenchy-Tiny duck makes to try and retrieve her bag of gold?

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

7. What is the lesson of the Doodang?

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

9. What tale does Uncle Remus tell his young boy helper when the boy begins to tire of turning the grinding wheel?

10. How does the preacher man expose the miller man's wife as a witch?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay of at least two typewritten pages on the topic, How Uncle Remus's Tales are Easily Adapted for Children. (1) Begin with the Disney animations of the Brer Rabbit stories; (2) contrast the Brer Rabbit character from the book with children's story books adapted from the tales; and (3) conclude with an argument that the adaptations are more appropriate for children by what they leave out.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay of at least two typewritten pages on the topic, The Personification of Animals in the Uncle Remus Tales. (1) Give examples of personification of animals that sets them apart from other animals in the tales, (2) how personification of the animals changes their habits, and (3) how the personification allows for human gullibility and bad behavior.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay of at least two typewritten pages on the topic, The Impact of Stories and Fables. Use the examples from Aesop, Uncle Remus, and Jesus giving examples of how each used stories or fables to get a moral point across. In you essay discuss the non-confrontational impact of the stories.

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