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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the terrapin say about what he learned from the buzzard?
(a) he needs help to get off the ground.
(b) he can fly but he can't land.
(c) he prefers flying to swimming.
(d) he never learned to fly.

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

4. Who replaces Brer Rabbit as king of the creatures?
(a) Brer Polecat.
(b) Brer Badger.
(c) Brer Lion.
(d) Brer Elephant.

5. After promising to nurse baby alligators, what does the bear do?
(a) he eats their mama.
(b) he eats them.
(c) he leaves them alone.
(d) he sells them.

6. What does the little boy's mother think about Uncle Remus' stories?
(a) they keep the boy from underfoot.
(b) they are good education for the boy.
(c) the aren't true.
(d) they should be written down.

7. How does Uncle Remus excuse Brer Rabbit for hideous behavior with Granny Wolf?
(a) Uncle Remus says it's just a story and not true.
(b) Uncle Remus says the wolf had done worse to him.
(c) Uncle Remus says Brer Rabbit was sleep walking.
(d) Uncle Remus says Brer Rabbit was tough when pushed.

8. According to Uncle Remus, what did folks always have to pass no matter where they were going a long time ago?
(a) the blacksmith shop.
(b) the little brown church.
(c) the judge's house.
(d) the haunted house.

9. What is the message of "The Creetures Go to the Barbecue"?
(a) the need to find out who is throwing the barbecue.
(b) the need to get an invitation to the barbecue.
(c) the need to find ou what is being barbecued.
(d) the need to get to the barbecue first.

10. Who tells a slightly different story about the lion from Aunt Tempy's story?
(a) Miss Sally.
(b) Daddy Jack.
(c) Uncle Remus.
(d) Tildy.

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

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

13. What is the only thing on the plantation that the little boy is afraid of?
(a) the blacksmith's shack.
(b) the deep water well.
(c) his father's hunting dog.
(d) the old Shanghai rooster.

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

15. What childhood story had been denied the little boy, keeping the wings of his imagination clipped?
(a) Aesop's Fables.
(b) The Little Prince.
(c) the story of Santa Claus.
(d) Grimm's Fairytales.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Uncle Remus say the animals don't know the difference about?

2. In the tale The Little Boy and His Dogs, who does the boy kill?

3. what social event do the little boy and Uncle Remus attend?

4. How does Uncle Remus have Brer Rabbit interfere in the human world?

5. Who does the blacksmith figure out will be his visitor?

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