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

2. When Brer Rabbit takes the man's chickens, who gets the blame?
(a) the fox.
(b) the eagle.
(c) the wolf.
(d) the weasel.

3. What animal turns out to be the Creature With No Claws?
(a) a rabbit.
(b) a white fox.
(c) an alligator.
(d) a wildcat.

4. How does Brer Rabbit get the fox to chase a wagon?
(a) telling him money will fall from the wheels rubbing together.
(b) telling him that the wagon is filled with money.
(c) telling him that chickens fall from the wagon.
(d) telling him that he will get money for chasing the wagon.

5. How does Uncle Remus say the fox got black legs?
(a) falling asleep in the hole where the sun goes down.
(b) walking on fresh pavement.
(c) falling into the tar he used to make the tar baby.
(d) wading through the muddy pond.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who tells a slightly different story about the lion from Aunt Tempy's story?

2. What gets Brer Rabbit chased by Mr. Man's pack of dogs?

3. What absurd things does Teenchy-Tiny-Duck have in his bag?

4. What childhood story had been denied the little boy, keeping the wings of his imagination clipped?

5. Tracking the squirrels, what does the man find?

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 the preacher man expose the miller man's wife as a witch?

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

4. What is the lesson of the Doodang?

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

6. How does Uncle Remus convince the boy that Brer Rabbit sometimes was not the smartest creature in the whole creation?

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

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

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

10. Describe the secret of Brer Rabbit's laughing place.

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