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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 1, Uncle Remus, His Songs and Stories, 23 through 34.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Uncle Remus say he cannot tell the boy Mr. Man's real name?
(a) either no one ever told him or that he can't remember.
(b) no one ever called the man by his real name.
(c) it might embarrass the man if people know who he is.
(d) it is a big secret who the man is.

2. How does Uncle Remus explain the cure for a plantation witch?
(a) chicken blood sprinkled on the witch makes him lose power.
(b) bars on the windows keep him from going out in the night.
(c) salt on his shed skin causes the witch agony when he returns.
(d) salt in the witch's bed keeps him from transforming into a bat.

3. Why does Uncle Remus finish the tale of Brer Rabbit and the tar baby on another night?
(a) because the boy liked that tale so much.
(b) because the little boy asks him what happened.
(c) because he cannot think of another tale.
(d) because he forgot to finish earlier.

4. Why does Uncle Remus say that Brer Bear is likely stuck in a hollow tree to this day?
(a) Brer Rabbit put grease on the tree so he cannot come down.
(b) Brer Bear will not turn loose of the honeycomb.
(c) Brer Rabbit stirs up the bees to swell Brer Bear's head.
(d) Brer Rabbit put glue into the hole in the tree.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What creature does Uncle Remus credit for the great flood?

2. How does Brer Rabbit avoid capture by Brer Bear after he gets out of Brer Fox's trap?

3. How does Brer Rabbit get Brer Bear to take his place in Brer Fox's trap in the peanut patch?

4. What does Brer Rabbit use to keep Brer Fox from catching him in Miss Meadows' chimney?

5. What animal does Uncle Remus mimic by saying, I-doom-er-ker-du-mer-ker?

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