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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. What does Benjamin Ram do to frighten away the wolves?
(a) plays his fiddle.
(b) kicks up his heels.
(c) roars like a lion.
(d) yells for Brer Bear.

2. 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 cannot get out of the trap.
(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 is getting paid to be a scarecrow.

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

4. What does Uncle Remus do for the little boy that he did for Miss Sally when she was a girl?
(a) tells his father how he acted up.
(b) teaches him how to start a fire.
(c) he protects him from being punished.
(d) gives him bitter molases for a cold.

5. How does Brer Rabbit trick Brer Fox about pinning down the horse?
(a) he tells him to jump on the horse's back.
(b) he tells him to feed the horse apples.
(c) he tells him to drive the horse into the briar patch.
(d) he tells him to tie himself to the horse's tail.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is the main storyteller of the book?

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

4. In the absence of Uncle Remus, who tells the little boy tales?

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

(see the answer key)

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