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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. Who does the blacksmith figure out will be his visitor?
(a) the Angel Gabriel.
(b) Miss Meadows.
(c) Brer Rabbit.
(d) Impty-Umpty.

2. What Uncle Remus story shocks the little boy?
(a) How Miss Meadows Killed Brer Rabbit.
(b) How a Witch Was Caught.
(c) How Brer Rabbit Died.
(d) How a Ghost Visited Brer Fox.

3. How does Brer Rabbit cause the other critters' plan to trap him to backfire?
(a) he challenges them to a dance off contest.
(b) he brings his fiddle along and plays a tune for them.
(c) he plays along and then runs away fast as a horse.
(d) he overhears them and tricks them into going to Miss Meadows's house.

4. Why does Uncle Remus say the guineas stay awake all night?
(a) they were once caught sleeping by the fox.
(b) they like to count the stars.
(c) they like to talk to each other in the dark.
(d) they can see better in the dark.

5. How does Mrs. Partridge frighten away Brer Rabbit?
(a) she spreads her wings like a buzzard.
(b) she jumps out of an egg shell like an eagle.
(c) she makes him think he's found snake eggs.
(d) she makes noise to call other animals.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Brer Rabbit say he is running away from Brer Wolf and the gold mine?

2. What does Uncle Remus mean when he talks about the "behime" wheels of a wagon?

3. What gives Brer Rabbit the idea to play a trick with a barrel of hot water?

4. What does the buzzard say he can show anyone interested?

5. Why does Uncle Remus say the bull grumbles and growls?

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 news Uncle Remus rlates to the boy on the night of Christmas Eve?

4. How does Brer Bear and his family get chased out of their house?

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

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

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

8. What are the preposterous provisions Teenchy-Tiny duck makes to try and retrieve her bag of gold?

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

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

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