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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Brer Rabbit tell Brer Fox that makes him run away when he is pulled out of the well?
(a) that someone is looking for him with a gun.
(b) that his house is on fire.
(c) that Brer Bear is looking to fight him.
(d) that there are snakes in the well.

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

3. What trick does Brer Tarrypin use to make himself look stronger than Brer Bear?
(a) in a throwing contest, Tarrypin throws a sparrow.
(b) in a lifting contest, Tarrypin does his lift in the water.
(c) in a rope pulling contest, Tarrypin ties his end to a log.
(d) in an arm wrestling contest, Tarrypin uses his teeth.

4. What causes Brer Rabbit to roll in the leaves and look like a monster?
(a) he falls into a syrup vat.
(b) he falls into a glue pot.
(c) he gets all tangled up with the tar baby.
(d) honey spills on him.

5. How does Brer Rabbit get revenge on Brer Wolf?
(a) he gets him caught in the briar patch.
(b) he locks him in a chest and pours hot water on him.
(c) he causes a quarrel between him and Brer Fox.
(d) he calls in help from the dogs.

6. Why does Brer Rabbit free Brer Fox from Mr. Man's trap?
(a) because it was only a joke.
(b) because Mr. Man want to catch gophers.
(c) because Brer Fox cries for his family.
(d) because Mr. Man goes to get the dogs.

7. In Daddy Jack's story, why does the Snake eat the woman's baby?
(a) because the snake is blind and thinks it is a cat.
(b) because she once stole one of her eggs.
(c) because the baby was crying.
(d) because the woman owes the snake money.

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

9. Who is Mammy-Bammy Big-Money?
(a) the banker who tries to buy the boy's plantation.
(b) the one from whom Brer Rabbit got his lucky rabbit's foot.
(c) the alter-ego of African Jack.
(d) the old woman who lives on the next plantation.

10. What tale by Uncle Remus probably causes the accusation of racism leveled at Joel Chandler Harris?
(a) the tale of Why the Negro is Black.
(b) The Sad Fate of Mr. Fox.
(c) the tale of Where the Negro Came From.
(d) the tale of Why the Negro is a Slave.

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

12. How does the rabbit explain the disappearance of the horses and cart to the wolf?
(a) hehides the cart and shoos the horses away.
(b) he holds two horse tails buried in the sand.
(c) he plays unconcsious as though he were attacked.
(d) he bloodies his nose and says robbers came.

13. How does Brer Tarrypin fool Brer Fox into letting go of his tail?
(a) he tells Brer Fox he is about to bite off his tail.
(b) he tells Brer Fox to jump into the pond.
(c) he tells Brer Fox to grab his shell.
(d) he tells Brer Fox he is holding onto a root.

14. How does Uncle Remus explain the cure for a plantation witch?
(a) chicken blood sprinkled on the witch makes him lose power.
(b) salt on his shed skin causes the witch agony when he returns.
(c) salt in the witch's bed keeps him from transforming into a bat.
(d) bars on the windows keep him from going out in the night.

15. In the absence of Uncle Remus, who tells the little boy tales?
(a) Miss Sally.
(b) Aunt Tempy.
(c) African Jack.
(d) Tilly.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Brer Fox make the tar baby?

2. What does the little boy tell Uncle Remus he did the night before?

3. How did the guinea fowls help the cow?

4. How does Brer Rabbit make dust from a rock?

5. How does Daddy Jack change Uncle Remus' story about the fox in the garden?

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