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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. What is Uncle Remus' coined term for boastful speech?
(a) talking hautity.
(b) talking biggity.
(c) talking bragity.
(d) talking uppity.

2. What creature does Uncle Remus credit for the great flood?
(a) the ostrich.
(b) the whale.
(c) the elephant.
(d) the crawdad.

3. Why does Brer Fox sit under a sycamore with his mouth open?
(a) waiting for pecans to fall.
(b) waiting for Brer Wolf's daughter to come by.
(c) waiting for a Pimmerly Plum to drop in.
(d) waiting to learn a bird call.

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

5. When the storyteller changes, who tells tales to children named Lillian and Lucien?
(a) Aunt Tildy.
(b) African Jack.
(c) Crazy Sue.
(d) Uncle Rodger.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Why does Brer Fox get dragged behind Brer Wolf?

4. In the tale, A Fool for Luck, what amazes the man as he watches?

5. Why is Brer Rabbit safe in the briar patch?

(see the answer key)

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