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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 6, The Tales of Uncle Remus and Brer Rabbit.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to the young wolf after he gets trapped in a bag that his father thinks is a rabbit?
(a) he gets dropped in boiling water.
(b) he gets beaten over the head with a stick.
(c) he gets tossed into the river.
(d) he gets hung from a tree branch.

2. How does Uncle Remus describe the buzzard's breakfast of dead hawk?
(a) as a meal that tasted just like chicken.
(b) as a plan that worked.
(c) as a justice done.
(d) as a round about way of eating chicken.

3. How does Brer Rabbit cause the other critters' plan to trap him to backfire?
(a) he overhears them and tricks them into going to Miss Meadows's house.
(b) he brings his fiddle along and plays a tune for them.
(c) he challenges them to a dance off contest.
(d) he plays along and then runs away fast as a horse.

4. What does Aunt Tempy think about African Jack's talk about spirits?
(a) she hopes never to be haunted.
(b) she wants to find a ghost to talk to.
(c) she thinks African Jack is stupid.
(d) she remembers ghosts she has seen.

5. What location do all the animals want to know about?
(a) Brer Rabbit's money hiding place.
(b) Brer Rabbit's sleeping place.
(c) Brer Rabbit's thinking place.
(d) Brer Rabbit's laughing place.

Short Answer Questions

1. What trick does Brer Tarrypin use to make himself look stronger than Brer Bear?

2. What is African Jack's version of the hungry rabbit and wolf?

3. What does Benjamin Ram do to frighten away the wolves?

4. How does the small cricket cause the animals to run?

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

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