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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 9, Seven Tales of Uncle Remus.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Brer Rabbit get away from Brer Wildcat?
(a) by pretending to have a contageous disease.
(b) by daring him to go into the brair patch.
(c) by promising to call turkeys near enough to catch.
(d) by telling him where Brer Fox hides his babies.

2. What causes the man to pour hot water down the chimney?
(a) the cricket's music.
(b) bird nests in the chimney.
(c) the fox trapped inside.
(d) the soot in the chimney.

3. What does the buzzard attempt to teach the terrapin?
(a) how to sing.
(b) how to fly.
(c) how to jump.
(d) how to fish.

4. What does the fox try to do to the mud turtle?
(a) tie him to a tree.
(b) turn him on his back.
(c) get him out of his shell.
(d) pull him from the mud.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Brer Terrapin call for a fire test after the rabbit's children are eaten?

2. What story does Uncle Remus reinvent involving a pig named Runt?

3. How does Mrs. Partridge frighten away Brer Rabbit?

4. Why does Uncle Remus say that the buzzard cannot sing?

5. In what way does Uncle Remus personify the elements?

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