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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2, Nights With Uncle Remus, 39 through 52.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Brer Rabbit get Brer Bear to take his place in Brer Fox's trap in the peanut patch?
(a) by telling him he is getting paid to be a scarecrow.
(b) by telling him he gets stronger sitting in the trap.
(c) by telling him he can eat all the peanuts he wants.
(d) by telling him he cannot get out of the trap.

2. 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) salt in the witch's bed keeps him from transforming into a bat.
(d) bars on the windows keep him from going out in the night.

3. What animal does Brer Fox meet up with in the tale, How Brother Fox Was Too Smart?
(a) a wildcat.
(b) a porcupine.
(c) a skunk.
(d) a badger.

4. How does Brer Tarrypin get the quills back from Brer Fox?
(a) by stealing them at night.
(b) by dropping a beehive in Brer Fox's house.
(c) by biting him on the foot.
(d) by trading them for some fish.

5. Why does Uncle Remus shake his head at African Jack?
(a) he uses bad language in front of the little boy.
(b) his stories are dull and uninteresting.
(c) he tells stories that have no moral.
(d) his stories are too scary for the little boy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Brer Fox make the tar baby?

2. Why does Uncle Remus say he cannot tell the boy Mr. Man's real name?

3. How does Brer Rabbit get Brer Fox banished by the King Deer?

4. What does Uncle Remus remark when the little boy asks what happened to the possum?

5. Why does Brer Rabbit trick Brer Fox into raising is leg and yelling, "Wahoo"?

(see the answer key)

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