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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 6, The Tales of Uncle Remus and Brer Rabbit.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What curious question does the little boy ask about the beginnings of the tales?
(a) when did animals stop talking lik people?
(b) who wrote down all those stories?
(c) when was once upon a time?
(d) why don't things happen the same way today?

2. For what purpose does Brer Rabbit use a cannon and a bucket of nasty slop water?
(a) to wake up Brer Bear.
(b) to get possession of a mansion.
(c) to chase off the dog.
(d) to scare off Miss Meadows' girls.

3. How is Brer Rabbit's idea of sewing the dog's mouth shut like the Aesop fable of the Mice and the Cat?
(a) the dog never closes his mouth like the cat.
(b) no one wnts to do the sewing like no one would bell the cat.
(c) mice fear the dog in one story and the cat in the other.
(d) rabbits and mice have no fingers to use for sewing.

4. What is the message of "The Creetures Go to the Barbecue"?
(a) the need to get an invitation to the barbecue.
(b) the need to get to the barbecue first.
(c) the need to find out who is throwing the barbecue.
(d) the need to find ou what is being barbecued.

5. what social event do the little boy and Uncle Remus attend?
(a) the marriage of Tildy and Jack.
(b) tea time at Miss Sally's.
(c) a story telling contest.
(d) a church meeting on the plantation.

Short Answer Questions

1. What habit of the goose does the little boy ask Uncle Remus about?

2. How does Brer Rabbit trick Brer Fox about pinning down the horse?

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

4. How does Brer Wolf attempt to entice Brer Rabbit to come near him?

5. Why does the little girl release Brer Rabbit after he is caught in the garden?

(see the answer key)

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