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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 fool's errand does Brer Rabbit send Brer Bear on when he is cornered on top of a big rock?
(a) to get the other animals to come help move the rock.
(b) to get a ladder to get on top of the rock.
(c) to find a rope to lasso Brer Rabbit.
(d) to get a pole to prop up the rock.

2. What does the terrapin say about what he learned from the buzzard?
(a) he never learned to fly.
(b) he prefers flying to swimming.
(c) he can fly but he can't land.
(d) he needs help to get off the ground.

3. What does the boy's grandmother, Miss Sally, think of Uncle Remus' stories?
(a) they are so much nonsense.
(b) they are worth listening to.
(c) they are like the hair on a tarrapin's shell.
(d) they are out of date.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What animal turns out to be the Creature With No Claws?

2. When the stories change a bit, what does the little boy wonder about?

3. In the tale, Brother Fox and the White Muscadines, what happens after Brer Rabbit helps him climb a tree?

4. What causes the man to pour hot water down the chimney?

5. what social event do the little boy and Uncle Remus attend?

Short Essay Questions

1. What Aesop fable is similar to Uncle Remus's tale, Brother Rabbit Takes a Walk?

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

3. What is the lesson of the Doodang?

4. What is the folklore Uncle Remus tells the boy about the cricket?

5. What is the outcome of Aunt Tempy's tale of Brother Rabbit Ties Mr. Lion?

6. What is the fantastic tale Uncle Remus tells the little boy to get him over his fright of the witch tale?

7. What is the influence that the little boy's mother relies on in bring up the boy thereby affecting his imagination?

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

9. What is the news Uncle Remus rlates to the boy on the night of Christmas Eve?

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

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