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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4, Uncle Remus and His Friends.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Brer Rabbit scare the tiger away?
(a) pretending to bite the elephant tied to a tree.
(b) putting on a long fake nose.
(c) stampeding the elephant toward the tiger.
(d) riding on the back of the elephant.

2. What tale by Uncle Remus probably causes the accusation of racism leveled at Joel Chandler Harris?
(a) The Sad Fate of Mr. Fox.
(b) the tale of Why the Negro is a Slave.
(c) the tale of Where the Negro Came From.
(d) the tale of Why the Negro is Black.

3. Why does the fox's tail have a white tip?
(a) it turned white when Brer Fox got scared.
(b) it caught on fire when he jumped over the bonfire.
(c) it got dipped into the whitewash for the fence.
(d) it got caught in a rabbit trap.

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

5. How did the guinea fowls help the cow?
(a) by helping her get rid of some milk.
(b) by stirring up dust and saving her from the lion.
(c) by warning her of a quicksand hole.
(d) by showing her the way to go home when she was lost.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Brer Tarrypin get Brer Buzzard's quills?

2. How does the witch-wolf disguised as a woman get found out?

3. When the other animals exclude Brer Rabbit, how does he get them to come to him?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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