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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. How does Brer Rabbit gain entry into a wonderful garden?
(a) he digs a tunnel under the fence.
(b) he dashes in when the man opens the gate.
(c) he gets the eagle to fly him over the wall.
(d) he tricks a little girl into unlocking the gate.

2. How does Brer Rabbit trick Brer Fox about pinning down the horse?
(a) he tells him to jump on the horse's back.
(b) he tells him to feed the horse apples.
(c) he tells him to tie himself to the horse's tail.
(d) he tells him to drive the horse into the briar patch.

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) mice fear the dog in one story and the cat in the other.
(b) rabbits and mice have no fingers to use for sewing.
(c) the dog never closes his mouth like the cat.
(d) no one wnts to do the sewing like no one would bell the cat.

4. Which animal was the only one not tricked out of the butter by Brer Weasel?
(a) Brer Tarrypin.
(b) Brer Possum.
(c) Brer Bear.
(d) Brer Rabbit.

5. In the tale, Brother Fox and the White Muscadines, what happens after Brer Rabbit helps him climb a tree?
(a) the hawk comes and pushes him out of the tree.
(b) he injures himself in a fall out of the tree.
(c) he eats so much that he cannot get down.
(d) he throws the Muscadines down and Brer Rabbit takes them.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When the dog chases the fox, what does Brer Fox believe?

3. What is the story of Mr. Lion and his wool an example of in the Uncle Remus stories?

4. Who manages to get Brer Bear and his family to get out of their big, comfortable house?

5. What trick of Brer Possum fails to save Brer Fox for the Man's whip?

(see the answer key)

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