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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What animal does Brer Fox meet up with in the tale, How Brother Fox Was Too Smart?
(a) a porcupine.
(b) a badger.
(c) a wildcat.
(d) a skunk.

2. How does Brer Wolf end his fight with Brer Fox?
(a) by tying him to a hollow tree.
(b) by clogging the hole where Brer Fox is hiding.
(c) by biting off Brer Fox's head.
(d) by tossing Brer Fox into the pond.

3. Why does the fox's tail have a white tip?
(a) it got dipped into the whitewash for the fence.
(b) it caught on fire when he jumped over the bonfire.
(c) it got caught in a rabbit trap.
(d) it turned white when Brer Fox got scared.

4. What do the rabbit and the wolf do to get provisions when they are hungry?
(a) Race to the store.
(b) Take provisions from the man.
(c) Sell their mamas.
(d) Sell the fox's fur coat.

5. Who is Mammy-Bammy Big-Money?
(a) the banker who tries to buy the boy's plantation.
(b) the old woman who lives on the next plantation.
(c) the one from whom Brer Rabbit got his lucky rabbit's foot.
(d) the alter-ego of African Jack.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what purpose does Brer Rabbit use a cannon and a bucket of nasty slop water?

2. How does Brer Rabbit warn Brer Fox to keep his distance?

3. What animal does Uncle Remus mimic by saying, I-doom-er-ker-du-mer-ker?

4. What excuse does Brer Rabbit give for stopping work on the corn patch?

5. Why is Brer Rabbit safe in the briar patch?

Short Essay Questions

1. What trick does Brer Rabbit play on Brer Fox making him look foolish?

2. Describe the similarity of the tale, How Brother Rabbit Frightened His Neighbors, to the nursery story of Henny Penny and the Falling Sky.

3. What is the subject matter one evening that disturbs Aunt Tempy and the little boy?

4. Explain the difference between the fables Uncle Remus tells and the superstition in The Plantation Witch.

5. How does Brer Rabbit convince the fox to take his place in Mr. Man's box trap?

6. How does Brer Rabbit take advantage of a little girl's innocence in the tale, Brother Rabbit and the Little Girl?

7. In the story, The Moon in the Mill-Pond, how do Brer Rabbit and Brer Tarrypin keep the bear, the fox, and the wolf occupied while they visit Miss Meadows?

8. Describe the variations on the same theme told by Uncle Remus, African Jack, and Aunt Tempy.

9. What is Uncle Remus' explanation for the Jacky-My-Lantern?

10. How does Uncle Remus explain the difference between Brer Rabbit and the rabbits the boy sees today.

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