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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) his mother tells him different rabbit stories.
(d) he still cannot imagine that rabbits talk.

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(b) they are out of date.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

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

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

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

6. What does the buzzard attempt to teach the terrapin?
(a) how to jump.
(b) how to fish.
(c) how to sing.
(d) how to fly.

7. 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.

8. What does the little boy tell Uncle Remus he wishes he could do?
(a) growl.
(b) catch chickens.
(c) fly.
(d) jump into the briar patch.

9. How does Uncle Remus account for the craters on the moon?
(a) as scratches made by Brer Rabbit.
(b) as worry lines on the face of Unk Moon.
(c) as whiskers on Unk Moon.
(d) as scars from Unk Moon's illness.

10. 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 challenges them to a dance off contest.
(c) he brings his fiddle along and plays a tune for them.
(d) he plays along and then runs away fast as a horse.

11. How does the small cricket cause the animals to run?
(a) by making a sound like a train coming.
(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 lion.

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

13. When the little boy grows up and has his own son, what does Uncle Remus say about the training the boy gets from his mother?
(a) he calls it abnormal training.
(b) he calls it aboriginal training.
(c) he calls it absolute training.
(d) he calls it absent minded training.

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

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Uncle Remus, what did folks always have to pass no matter where they were going a long time ago?

2. Why does Uncle Remus insist that the story of the man and his corn is true?

3. How does Uncle Remus describe the buzzard's breakfast of dead hawk?

4. How does Uncle Remus explain Brer Rabbit to the little boy?

5. What happens to the young wolf after he gets trapped in a bag that his father thinks is a rabbit?

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