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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. What does Brer Rabbit eat up while the other animals are working?
(a) the carrots.
(b) the butter.
(c) the cake.
(d) the salad.

2. How does Brer Tarrypin fool Brer Fox into letting go of his tail?
(a) he tells Brer Fox he is holding onto a root.
(b) he tells Brer Fox to grab his shell.
(c) he tells Brer Fox he is about to bite off his tail.
(d) he tells Brer Fox to jump into the pond.

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

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

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Brer Rabbit get revenge on Brer Wolf?

2. What does Brer Rabbit tell Brer Fox to get him to change places in Mr. Man's trap?

3. What does Brer Rabbit trick Brer Fox into doing to go to Miss Meadows' house?

4. What tale by Uncle Remus probably causes the accusation of racism leveled at Joel Chandler Harris?

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

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