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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Tracking the squirrels, what does the man find?
(a) money and honey.
(b) nuts and bolts.
(c) corn and cabbage.
(d) bees and trees.

4. What does Uncle Remus mean when he talks about the "behime" wheels of a wagon?
(a) he means the bottom wheels.
(b) he means the rear wheels.
(c) he means the biggest wheels.
(d) he means the slow wheels.

5. What Uncle Remus story shocks the little boy?
(a) How a Ghost Visited Brer Fox.
(b) How Brer Rabbit Died.
(c) How a Witch Was Caught.
(d) How Miss Meadows Killed Brer Rabbit.

6. How does Uncle Remus say the fox got black legs?
(a) walking on fresh pavement.
(b) falling asleep in the hole where the sun goes down.
(c) falling into the tar he used to make the tar baby.
(d) wading through the muddy pond.

7. In the tale, Brother Fox and the White Muscadines, what happens after Brer Rabbit helps him climb a tree?
(a) he injures himself in a fall out of the tree.
(b) he throws the Muscadines down and Brer Rabbit takes them.
(c) the hawk comes and pushes him out of the tree.
(d) he eats so much that he cannot get down.

8. How does Mr. Lion get into the barrel of hot water?
(a) he gets pushed in by Brer Wolf.
(b) he backs in, sticking his tail through a hole in the barrel.
(c) he jumps in quickly to get used to the hot water.
(d) he dives in head first.

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

10. 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 the wagon is filled with money.
(c) telling him that he will get money for chasing the wagon.
(d) telling him that chickens fall from the wagon.

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

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

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

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

15. what social event do the little boy and Uncle Remus attend?
(a) a church meeting on the plantation.
(b) tea time at Miss Sally's.
(c) a story telling contest.
(d) the marriage of Tildy and Jack.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Uncle Remus' explanation about why dogs sniff in the air?

2. What tale does Uncle Remus tell about Brer Rabbit and Unk Moon?

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

4. What does the buzzard attempt to teach the terrapin?

5. What gives Brer Rabbit the idea to play a trick with a barrel of hot water?

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