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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 is the rumor about African Jack?
(a) that he is a conjurer.
(b) that he is the Devil.
(c) that he is insane.
(d) that he talks in his sleep.

2. What does Brer Rabbit tell Brer Fox that makes him run away when he is pulled out of the well?
(a) that there are snakes in the well.
(b) that someone is looking for him with a gun.
(c) that Brer Bear is looking to fight him.
(d) that his house is on fire.

3. What happens to the fox in Miss Tempy's Story of the hungry rabbit and fox?
(a) the fox eats the rabbit's babies.
(b) the fox ends up dead.
(c) the fox gets the food.
(d) the fox eats the rabbit's grandmother.

4. How does the story begin?
(a) Africa Jack is telling one of his stories.
(b) Brer Rabbit is caught by the tar baby.
(c) The little boy is hiding from his mother.
(d) Miss Sally is looking for her young son.

5. What excuse does Brer Rabbit give for stopping work on the corn patch?
(a) he claims to have a thorn in his hand.
(b) he pretends to have a bad back.
(c) he says he hears his family calling.
(d) he offers to go bring food to the workers.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Brer Rabbit get Brer Fox banished by the King Deer?

3. Why does Brer Fox get dragged behind Brer Wolf?

4. In Daddy Jack's story, why does the Snake eat the woman's baby?

5. What does Uncle Remus remark when the little boy asks what happened to the possum?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Describe Brer Bear's reaction when he discovers he has been hoodwinked by Brer Rabbit in the peanut patch.

6. What is the bait Brer Fox uses to entrap Brer Rabbit the first time?

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

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

9. 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?

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

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