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

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

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

4. Where does the little boy say he has a laughing place?
(a) under his bed.
(b) in his storm cellar.
(c) where Uncle Remus is.
(d) behind a big oak tree.

5. In what way does Uncle Remus personify the elements?
(a) he describes the dust as sneezing.
(b) he tells about how the dust runs on two legs.
(c) he talks about Brer Dust and Cousin Rain.
(d) he talks about rain making mud.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the only thing on the plantation that the little boy is afraid of?

2. How does Uncle Remus respond to the boy's wish to fly?

3. What is the message of "The Creetures Go to the Barbecue"?

4. Why is the little boy confused about the prowess of Brer Rabbit?

5. In the tale, A Fool for Luck, what amazes the man as he watches?

Short Essay Questions

1. What tale does Uncle Remus tell his young boy helper when the boy begins to tire of turning the grinding wheel?

2. How does Brer Rabbit get the other animals to work hard digging holes?

3. In the story of the witch-wolf, explain why she wanted to marry a man.

4. Who are Crazy Sue, Lillian, and Lucien?

5. How is the little boy stymied in his efforts to slip up on Uncle Remus to scare him?

6. What is the boy's poignant declaration about his laughing place?

7. How does Brer Rabbit describe his wife's behavior as he visits with Brer Wolf and Brer Fox?

8. Who is the company everyone tells the blacksmith he is going to have soon?

9. How does the preacher man expose the miller man's wife as a witch?

10. Relate Uncle Remus's tale about duplicity on the part of the bear in dealing with the alligator.

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