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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. How does the rabbit explain the disappearance of the horses and cart to the wolf?
(a) he holds two horse tails buried in the sand.
(b) he bloodies his nose and says robbers came.
(c) he plays unconcsious as though he were attacked.
(d) hehides the cart and shoos the horses away.

2. Why does Brother Bear have no tail?
(a) it was bit off by a tarrapin.
(b) he traded his tail for some honey.
(c) it was bit off by a dog.
(d) from sliding down a moss covered rock.

3. What becomes of the blacksmith that made a deal with the Devil which prevented him from both Heaven and Hell?
(a) he flies like a bat at night.
(b) he roams the earth as a Jacky-my-lantern.
(c) he becomes an owl that never dies.
(d) he eats little children who go out at night.

4. Why does Uncle Remus finish the tale of Brer Rabbit and the tar baby on another night?
(a) because the boy liked that tale so much.
(b) because he forgot to finish earlier.
(c) because he cannot think of another tale.
(d) because the little boy asks him what happened.

5. Why does Uncle Remus say he cannot tell the boy Mr. Man's real name?
(a) no one ever called the man by his real name.
(b) it might embarrass the man if people know who he is.
(c) it is a big secret who the man is.
(d) either no one ever told him or that he can't remember.

Short Answer Questions

1. What animal does Brer Fox meet up with in the tale, How Brother Fox Was Too Smart?

2. What does Benjamin Ram do to frighten away the wolves?

3. What does Uncle Remus do for the little boy that he did for Miss Sally when she was a girl?

4. How does Uncle Remus explain the cure for a plantation witch?

5. What tale by Uncle Remus probably causes the accusation of racism leveled at Joel Chandler Harris?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happens to Brer Wolf as he is being raised to the top of Brer Rabbit's steeple?

3. In the tale, Mr. Rabbit and Mr. Bear, what does Brer Rabbit use to get himself out of Brer Fox's trap in the peanut patch?

4. How is Brer Fox caught by his appetite under the Pimmerly Plum?

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

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

7. What is the social comment Uncle Remus makes regarding Miss Goose and her relationship to white folks?

8. Describe the little boy's reaction to the tale of the race between Brer Rabbit and Brer Tarrypin.

9. How does the book open with the initiation of the little boy?

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

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