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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Brer Rabbit trick the lion into letting his tail be tied to a tree?
(a) Brer Rabbit challenges the lion to pull down the tree.
(b) Brer Rabbit dares the lion to stay 3 days under the tree.
(c) Brer Rabbit convinces the lion that a storm is coming.
(d) Brer Rabbit tells the lion that squirrels will fall from the tree.

3. How does the small cricket cause the animals to run?
(a) by making a hurricane sound in their ears.
(b) by making a sound like a train coming.
(c) by making a sound like a man shooting a gun.
(d) by making a sound like a lion.

4. Why does Uncle Remus insist that the story of the man and his corn is true?
(a) folks are still talking about it.
(b) Miss Sally told him about it.
(c) he saw it with his own eyes.
(d) he was that man.

5. How does Brer Rabbit scare the tiger away?
(a) riding on the back of the elephant.
(b) putting on a long fake nose.
(c) stampeding the elephant toward the tiger.
(d) pretending to bite the elephant tied to a tree.

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

7. Who does the blacksmith figure out will be his visitor?
(a) Miss Meadows.
(b) Impty-Umpty.
(c) Brer Rabbit.
(d) the Angel Gabriel.

8. What is Uncle Remus' explanation about why dogs sniff in the air?
(a) trying to find where meat is hanging from a tree.
(b) what the rabbit did to them while he was king for a day.
(c) to keep the dust out of their noses.
(d) because they have poor eyesight.

9. How does the witch-wolf disguised as a woman get found out?
(a) she eats raw meat.
(b) a cow fears her.
(c) she howls at the moon.
(d) her teeth grow long.

10. How is Brer Rabbit's idea of sewing the dog's mouth shut like the Aesop fable of the Mice and the Cat?
(a) rabbits and mice have no fingers to use for sewing.
(b) the dog never closes his mouth like the cat.
(c) mice fear the dog in one story and the cat in the other.
(d) no one wnts to do the sewing like no one would bell the cat.

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

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

13. How does Brer Rabbit get the fox to chase a wagon?
(a) telling him money will fall from the wheels rubbing together.
(b) telling him that he will get money for chasing the wagon.
(c) telling him that chickens fall from the wagon.
(d) telling him that the wagon is filled with money.

14. How does Uncle Remus have Brer Rabbit interfere in the human world?
(a) he becomes a spy for Mr. Man on his daughter.
(b) he plants doubt in Mr. Man who kicks out his daughter.
(c) he makes up stories about Mr. Man and his daughter.
(d) he persuades Mr. Man's daughter to run away.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Brer Rabbit takes the man's chickens, who gets the blame?

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

3. What does the terrapin say about what he learned from the buzzard?

4. In the tale, Brother Fox and the White Muscadines, what happens after Brer Rabbit helps him climb a tree?

5. How does Uncle Remus say the fox got black legs?

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