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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 cause the other critters' plan to trap him to backfire?
(a) he overhears them and tricks them into going to Miss Meadows's house.
(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 challenges them to a dance off contest.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. How does Mr. Lion get into the barrel of hot water?

5. What does Mr. Lion look like when he gets out of the barrel?

(see the answer key)

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