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

2. What does the buzzard say he can show anyone interested?
(a) the nest of the Doodang.
(b) the bones of the Doodang.
(c) the tail feathers of the Doodang.
(d) the children of the Doodang.

3. What message does Brer Rabbit arrange to have everyone deliver to the blacksmith?
(a) that he will receive some money.
(b) that the hippytamypottimus is coming.
(c) that he will soon have a visitor.
(d) that his fire has gone out.

4. According to Aunt Tempy, how does the wolf get into the meeting of the horned cattle?
(a) by bringing salt blocks to the meeting.
(b) by disgusing himself as a rabbit.
(c) by disguising himself as a horned cow.
(d) by disguising himself as a man.

5. Who tells a slightly different story about the lion from Aunt Tempy's story?
(a) Uncle Remus.
(b) Miss Sally.
(c) Daddy Jack.
(d) Tildy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the blacksmith figure out will be his visitor?

2. Who does Uncle Remus call Impty-Umpty?

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

4. How does Brer Wolf attempt to entice Brer Rabbit to come near him?

5. After promising to nurse baby alligators, what does the bear do?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is the lesson of the Doodang?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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