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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. Tracking the squirrels, what does the man find?
(a) bees and trees.
(b) nuts and bolts.
(c) money and honey.
(d) corn and cabbage.

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

3. How does Mr. Lion get into the barrel of hot water?
(a) he dives in head first.
(b) he gets pushed in by Brer Wolf.
(c) he backs in, sticking his tail through a hole in the barrel.
(d) he jumps in quickly to get used to the hot water.

4. How does Brer Rabbit scare the tiger away?
(a) riding on the back of the elephant.
(b) putting on a long fake nose.
(c) pretending to bite the elephant tied to a tree.
(d) stampeding the elephant toward the tiger.

5. What is the story of Mr. Lion and his wool an example of in the Uncle Remus stories?
(a) Uncle Remus's lack of imagination.
(b) explaining why animals look the way they do.
(c) jokes Uncle Remus plays on the little boy's mind.
(d) using animals that inhabit the southern states.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Uncle Remus, what did folks always have to pass no matter where they were going a long time ago?

2. How does Uncle Remus have Brer Rabbit interfere in the human world?

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

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

5. In the tale The Little Boy and His Dogs, who does the boy kill?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is the evidence that the little boy's mother does not approve of Uncle Remus' tales?

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

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

6. Explain how Uncle Remus relates superstitious ideas about scientific phenomena.

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

8. What is Uncle Remus' response when the little boy asks when once upon a time is?

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

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

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