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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Uncle Remus say to the boy after the tale of the Doodang and he still wishes he could fly?
(a) to ask his mammy how to fly.
(b) to think hard and grow feathers.
(c) to try jumping off the roof of his house.
(d) to fly to his mammy right then.

2. What fool's errand does Brer Rabbit send Brer Bear on when he is cornered on top of a big rock?
(a) to find a rope to lasso Brer Rabbit.
(b) to get a ladder to get on top of the rock.
(c) to get the other animals to come help move the rock.
(d) to get a pole to prop up the rock.

3. What does Uncle Remus say the animals don't know the difference about?
(a) keeping and hiding.
(b) borrowing and stealing.
(c) joking and lying.
(d) taking and stealing.

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

5. When the storyteller changes, who tells tales to children named Lillian and Lucien?
(a) Crazy Sue.
(b) African Jack.
(c) Aunt Tildy.
(d) Uncle Rodger.

6. What is Uncle Remus' explanation for why the turkey buzzard is bald?
(a) the rabbit snatched her head feathers while she slept.
(b) when the rabbit got away, she pulled out her head feathers.
(c) the rabbit threw hot ashes on her head.
(d) she washed her head with lye soap.

7. For the bear hunt, what arrangements does Brer Rabbit make to fool Brer Fox and Brer Wolf?
(a) he tells Mr. Man to be there with his gun.
(b) he cuts the ropes on their bear trap.
(c) he sets up everything with Brer Bear ahead of time.
(d) he digs a hole for them to fall in.

8. Why does Uncle Remus say he sometimes groans?
(a) because he gets cold.
(b) because he has a stomachache.
(c) because he has too much work to do.
(d) because he is so old.

9. What plan does Brer Rabbit have that makes Brer Fox and Brer Wolf laugh?
(a) he plans to race Brer Tarrapin.
(b) he plans to raid Mr. Man's garden.
(c) he plans to go bear hunting.
(d) he plans to court Miss Meadows.

10. What absurd things does Teenchy-Tiny-Duck have in his bag?
(a) a fox, a river, a ladder, and a swarm of bees.
(b) a lion, a coil of rope, a ladder, and a shovel.
(c) a wagon, a horse, and a pitchfork.
(d) a ladder, a coal of fire, a fox, and two eagles.

11. What does the boy's grandmother, Miss Sally, think of Uncle Remus' stories?
(a) they are like the hair on a tarrapin's shell.
(b) they are out of date.
(c) they are worth listening to.
(d) they are so much nonsense.

12. When Brer Rabbit takes the man's chickens, who gets the blame?
(a) the fox.
(b) the wolf.
(c) the weasel.
(d) the eagle.

13. Why is the little boy confused about the prowess of Brer Rabbit?
(a) he cannot understand why the dogs do not get him.
(b) he still cannot imagine that rabbits talk.
(c) the rabbits he sees on the plantation are all weak.
(d) his mother tells him different rabbit stories.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. After promising to nurse baby alligators, what does the bear do?

2. What results when the chimney falls in?

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

4. Who does Uncle Remus call Impty-Umpty?

5. What is the only thing on the plantation that the little boy is afraid of?

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