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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. In what way does Uncle Remus personify the elements?
(a) he talks about rain making mud.
(b) he describes the dust as sneezing.
(c) he talks about Brer Dust and Cousin Rain.
(d) he tells about how the dust runs on two legs.

2. What lie does Brer Rabbit tell Mr. Man to trick him out of his meat?
(a) that Brer Wolf smells it and is coming to get it.
(b) that it smells and Mr. Man must drag it behind him.
(c) that the meat is really buzzard meat.
(d) that it was poisoned by Brer Buzzard.

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

4. What does Brer Rabbit tell Brer Fox to get him to trade places in the man's trap?
(a) that he is being forced to catch chickens.
(b) the he is being forced to eat mutton.
(c) that he is being forced to marry Miss Meadows.
(d) that he is being forced to drink wine.

5. What is the disguise that Brer Fox uses to scare the other animals from the watering hole?
(a) he is covered in molasses and leaves.
(b) he gets under a horned cow hide.
(c) he learns to roar like a lion.
(d) he paints himself white like a ghost.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Uncle Remus say the bull grumbles and growls?

2. What happens to the fox in Miss Tempy's Story of the hungry rabbit and fox?

3. What does the terrapin say about what he learned from the buzzard?

4. What does the fox try to do to the mud turtle?

5. What is Uncle Remus' coined term for boastful speech?

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