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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What gives Brer Rabbit the idea to play a trick with a barrel of hot water?
(a) watching how hot rocks make the water hot in a barrel.
(b) watching Mr. Man take a hot bath.
(c) watching the hogs clean up.
(d) watching Mr. Man clean the hair off of slaughtered hogs.

2. Why does Brer Rabbit say he is running away from Brer Wolf and the gold mine?
(a) to bring his family to help collect the gold.
(b) to get a shovel and a pick.
(c) to tell Mr. Man there is gold on his property.
(d) to get a bag to hold the gold Brer Wolf leaves behind.

3. Why does Uncle Remus say the guineas stay awake all night?
(a) they can see better in the dark.
(b) they like to count the stars.
(c) they like to talk to each other in the dark.
(d) they were once caught sleeping by the fox.

4. How does Brer Rabbit fool the wolf as he eats the black snake's goodies?
(a) he tells the wolf that the goodies are his.
(b) he leads the snake to the wolf.
(c) he pretends to keep watch to warn the wolf.
(d) he tells the snake what the wolf is doing.

5. According to Aunt Tempy, how does the wolf get into the meeting of the horned cattle?
(a) by disgusing himself as a rabbit.
(b) by bringing salt blocks to the meeting.
(c) by disguising himself as a man.
(d) by disguising himself as a horned cow.

6. What location do all the animals want to know about?
(a) Brer Rabbit's money hiding place.
(b) Brer Rabbit's laughing place.
(c) Brer Rabbit's sleeping place.
(d) Brer Rabbit's thinking place.

7. Tracking the squirrels, what does the man find?
(a) corn and cabbage.
(b) bees and trees.
(c) nuts and bolts.
(d) money and honey.

8. In Crazy Sue's story, why did the raccoon pretend to be dead?
(a) to hide from his wife.
(b) to escape from the wolf.
(c) to fool a buzzard.
(d) to catch a frog.

9. How does Brer Rabbit cause the other critters' plan to trap him to backfire?
(a) he plays along and then runs away fast as a horse.
(b) he overhears them and tricks them into going to Miss Meadows's house.
(c) he challenges them to a dance off contest.
(d) he brings his fiddle along and plays a tune for them.

10. What tale does Uncle Remus tell about Brer Rabbit and Unk Moon?
(a) how the critters take big bites out of the moon.
(b) how Mr. Man cures Unk Moon of his illness.
(c) messages Brer Rabbit delivers between Mr. Man and the moon.
(d) how Brer Rabbit decides to live on the moon.

11. Why do Brer Fox and Brer Wolf not run away when they hear Brer Bear coming?
(a) they think it is only the wind they hear.
(b) they get their feet stuck in some tar.
(c) they are paralyzed by fear.
(d) for fear they would be laughed at for cowardice.

12. Why does Uncle Remus say the bull grumbles and growls?
(a) a boy learns his secret for becoming a man.
(b) he eats too much green clover.
(c) a man rides him like a horse.
(d) his legs get tired holding him up.

13. Which animal was the only one not tricked out of the butter by Brer Weasel?
(a) Brer Rabbit.
(b) Brer Tarrypin.
(c) Brer Possum.
(d) Brer Bear.

14. What does the Teenchy Duck find that was taken from him?
(a) gold in California.
(b) a new suit of clothes hanging on a tree.
(c) a carpet bag big enough to hide a fox.
(d) a purse of money in the river.

15. How does Uncle Remus describe the buzzard's breakfast of dead hawk?
(a) as a plan that worked.
(b) as a round about way of eating chicken.
(c) as a justice done.
(d) as a meal that tasted just like chicken.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the witch-wolf disguised as a woman get found out?

2. Who tells a slightly different story about the lion from Aunt Tempy's story?

3. What is the disguise that Brer Fox uses to scare the other animals from the watering hole?

4. What Uncle Remus story shocks the little boy?

5. What does the little boy's mother think about Uncle Remus' stories?

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