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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What animal does Brer Fox meet up with in the tale, How Brother Fox Was Too Smart?
(a) a wildcat.
(b) a badger.
(c) a skunk.
(d) a porcupine.

2. What becomes of the blacksmith that made a deal with the Devil which prevented him from both Heaven and Hell?
(a) he eats little children who go out at night.
(b) he flies like a bat at night.
(c) he becomes an owl that never dies.
(d) he roams the earth as a Jacky-my-lantern.

3. How does Brer Rabbit avoid capture by Brer Bear after he gets out of Brer Fox's trap?
(a) by hiding in a mudhole pretending to be a frog.
(b) by jumping into the briar patch.
(c) by running to Miss Meadows' house.
(d) by putting on his wife's dress.

4. What does Brer Rabbit use to keep Brer Fox from catching him in Miss Meadows' chimney?
(a) he tosses down soot from the chimney.
(b) he spits rabbit tobacco in his eye.
(c) he climbs out the top and jumps off the roof.
(d) he drops on Brer Fox's head and knocks him out.

5. How does Brer Rabbit get Brer Fox's grandfather to go help get Brer Fox out of the bee gum?
(a) a loud horn.
(b) a big bell.
(c) a riddle.
(d) a map.

6. What does Uncle Remus do for the little boy that he did for Miss Sally when she was a girl?
(a) teaches him how to start a fire.
(b) tells his father how he acted up.
(c) gives him bitter molases for a cold.
(d) he protects him from being punished.

7. How does the story begin?
(a) Africa Jack is telling one of his stories.
(b) Brer Rabbit is caught by the tar baby.
(c) Miss Sally is looking for her young son.
(d) The little boy is hiding from his mother.

8. What does Brer Rabbit eat up while the other animals are working?
(a) the cake.
(b) the butter.
(c) the carrots.
(d) the salad.

9. 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.

10. What does Brer Rabbit trick Brer Fox into doing to go to Miss Meadows' house?
(a) getting him to put on a dress.
(b) having a race to see who gets there first.
(c) letting him ride Brer Fox like a horse.
(d) pulling him in a wagon.

11. Why does Brer Rabbit trick Brer Fox into raising is leg and yelling, "Wahoo"?
(a) to prepare him for a talent show.
(b) to impress Brer Wolf.
(c) to show Brer Fox is not really dead.
(d) to make a monkey out of Brer Fox.

12. What happens to the fox in Miss Tempy's Story of the hungry rabbit and fox?
(a) the fox eats the rabbit's babies.
(b) the fox eats the rabbit's grandmother.
(c) the fox gets the food.
(d) the fox ends up dead.

13. How does Brer Wolf end his fight with Brer Fox?
(a) by clogging the hole where Brer Fox is hiding.
(b) by tying him to a hollow tree.
(c) by tossing Brer Fox into the pond.
(d) by biting off Brer Fox's head.

14. Why does Brer Terrapin call for a fire test after the rabbit's children are eaten?
(a) to keep warm at night.
(b) to find out who is guilty.
(c) to barbecue the rabbit.
(d) to roast the rabbit children.

15. Why does Miss Sally write out a pass for Uncle Remus?
(a) to get away from the boy.
(b) to get married.
(c) to go into town and shop for her.
(d) to go visit some relatives.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the guinea fowls help the cow?

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

3. How does Brer Rabbit gain entry into a wonderful garden?

4. How does Brer Rabbit warn Brer Fox to keep his distance?

5. What does Brer Rabbit tell Brer Fox to get him to change places in Mr. Man's trap?

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