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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What message does Brer Rabbit arrange to have everyone deliver to the blacksmith?
(a) that his fire has gone out.
(b) that the hippytamypottimus is coming.
(c) that he will soon have a visitor.
(d) that he will receive some money.

2. How does Brer Wolf attempt to entice Brer Rabbit to come near him?
(a) he tells Brer Rabbit he found one of his children.
(b) he plays like he hurt himself digging for gold.
(c) he asks Brer Rabbit to being a new shovel.
(d) he claims he found the gold mine.

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(a) they are out of date.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

4. In the tale, A Fool for Luck, what amazes the man as he watches?
(a) how squirrels steal his corn.
(b) how the bees swarm around his corn.
(c) how his corn grows so tall.
(d) how his corn turns into money.

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

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

7. How does the goat scare away the wolf?
(a) convincing the wolf that he is eating a rock.
(b) convincing the wolf that his horns are sharp.
(c) convincing the wolf that the man is coming.
(d) convincing the wolf that his brothers are there.

8. What does Mr. Lion look like when he gets out of the barrel?
(a) he has lost his hair except for the tip of the tail and his mane.
(b) he is completely bald.
(c) he looks like a wet hen with his wool drooping.
(d) he has turned a bright shade of red except for his mane.

9. 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 overhears them and tricks them into going to Miss Meadows's house.
(c) he plays along and then runs away fast as a horse.
(d) he challenges them to a dance off contest.

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

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) the rabbits he sees on the plantation are all weak.
(c) he still cannot imagine that rabbits talk.
(d) his mother tells him different rabbit stories.

12. What animal turns out to be the Creature With No Claws?
(a) an alligator.
(b) a white fox.
(c) a wildcat.
(d) a rabbit.

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 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 pole to prop up the rock.
(c) to get the other animals to come help move the rock.
(d) to get a ladder to get on top of the rock.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Brer Rabbit get the fox to chase a wagon?

2. What does the little boy tell Uncle Remus he wishes he could do?

3. What does Uncle Remus mean when he talks about the "behime" wheels of a wagon?

4. What is the story of Mr. Lion and his wool an example of in the Uncle Remus stories?

5. In what way does Uncle Remus personify the elements?

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