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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3, Daddy Jake, the Runaway.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Brer Fox think Brer Rabbit is doing down in the well?
(a) hiding his game bag.
(b) checking on his treasure.
(c) checking the water level.
(d) looking for fish.

2. What upsets the little boy about the possum and the missing butter?
(a) the possum dies when he wasn't guilty of eating it.
(b) the possum did not get any butter to eat.
(c) the possum made it look like the wolf ate the butter.
(d) Brer Rabbit told a lie about the possum.

3. How does Brer Rabbit trick Brer Fox out of his hunting game?
(a) by claiming that the bag is poisonous.
(b) by exchanging the game bag for a bag of rocks.
(c) by playing dead causing Brer Fox to put down his bag.
(d) by telling Brer Fox where there is bigger game.

4. What happens to the fox in Miss Tempy's Story of the hungry rabbit and fox?
(a) the fox eats the rabbit's grandmother.
(b) the fox eats the rabbit's babies.
(c) the fox gets the food.
(d) the fox ends up dead.

5. What animal does Uncle Remus mimic by saying, I-doom-er-ker-du-mer-ker?
(a) the crow.
(b) the Mud Terkle.
(c) the terrapin.
(d) the frog.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the rabbit and the wolf do to get provisions when they are hungry?

2. What does Brer Rabbit tell Brer Fox that makes him run away when he is pulled out of the well?

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

4. What excuse does Brer Rabbit give for stopping work on the corn patch?

5. Why does Brer Terrapin call for a fire test after the rabbit's children are eaten?

(see the answer key)

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