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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Brer Rabbit gain entry into a wonderful garden?
(a) he tricks a little girl into unlocking the gate.
(b) he digs a tunnel under the fence.
(c) he gets the eagle to fly him over the wall.
(d) he dashes in when the man opens the gate.

2. Why does Uncle Remus say that Brer Bear is likely stuck in a hollow tree to this day?
(a) Brer Rabbit put grease on the tree so he cannot come down.
(b) Brer Bear will not turn loose of the honeycomb.
(c) Brer Rabbit stirs up the bees to swell Brer Bear's head.
(d) Brer Rabbit put glue into the hole in the tree.

3. Why does Brer Rabbit say the wolf's hair takes a long time to grow back?
(a) Brer Wolf loses his hair in the fire.
(b) Brer Wolf gets covered in honey.
(c) Mrs. Rabbit throws scalding water on him.
(d) the Man shaves the hair off Brer Wolf.

4. What story does Uncle Remus reinvent involving a pig named Runt?
(a) The Three Little Pigs.
(b) The Sky if Falling.
(c) Jack and the Beanstalk.
(d) Hansel and Gretle.

5. How does Brer Rabbit warn Brer Fox to keep his distance?
(a) he says he has a big stick.
(b) he says he has a fox trap.
(c) he says he has a cold.
(d) he says he is full of fleas.

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

7. All covered with leaves, what does Brer Rabbit call out to scare Brer Fox and Brer Wolf?
(a) I-doom-er-ker-du-mer-ker
(b) Boo
(c) Wull-er-de-Wust
(d) Whip-poor-will

8. How does Brer Rabbit get Brer Fox banished by the King Deer?
(a) he writes ugly things on the walls and says Brer Fox did it.
(b) he tells the King Brer Fox is married.
(c) he tells Brer Fox that King Deer likes to eat bees.
(d) he kills some of the King Deer's goats.

9. 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 the meat is really buzzard meat.
(c) that it smells and Mr. Man must drag it behind him.
(d) that Brer Wolf smells it and is coming to get it.

10. 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.

11. Why does Uncle Remus say he cannot tell the boy Mr. Man's real name?
(a) it is a big secret who the man is.
(b) it might embarrass the man if people know who he is.
(c) either no one ever told him or that he can't remember.
(d) no one ever called the man by his real name.

12. Why does Brer Fox make the tar baby?
(a) to have Brer Rabbit's curiosity get him caught.
(b) to have someone to talk to.
(c) to decorate the Big Road.
(d) to make fun of Brer Rabbit.

13. 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 claiming that the bag is poisonous.
(c) by telling Brer Fox where there is bigger game.
(d) by exchanging the game bag for a bag of rocks.

14. What is the rumor about African Jack?
(a) that he is a conjurer.
(b) that he talks in his sleep.
(c) that he is the Devil.
(d) that he is insane.

15. When the dog chases the fox, what does Brer Fox believe?
(a) that the dog was a friend of the goose.
(b) that the dog was hiding under the bed.
(c) that Brer Rabbit set the dog on him.
(d) that Miss Sally set the dog on him.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Brer Rabbit get Brer Fox's grandfather to go help get Brer Fox out of the bee gum?

2. How does Brer Rabbit get revenge on Brer Wolf?

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

4. What fool's errand does Brer Tarrypin put Brer Fox, Brer Bear, and Brer Wolf up to?

5. What does Uncle Remus remark when the little boy asks what happened to the possum?

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