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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 manages to get Brer Bear and his family to get out of their big, comfortable house?
(a) Mr. Man.
(b) Brer Buzzard.
(c) Brer Polecat.
(d) Brer Rabbit.

2. What does the little boy's mother think about Uncle Remus' stories?
(a) the aren't true.
(b) they are good education for the boy.
(c) they keep the boy from underfoot.
(d) they should be written down.

3. Who does Uncle Remus call Impty-Umpty?
(a) a snooty neighbor.
(b) Humpty Dumpty.
(c) the big, bad wolf.
(d) Satan.

4. What is the disguise that Brer Fox uses to scare the other animals from the watering hole?
(a) he is covered in molasses and leaves.
(b) he gets under a horned cow hide.
(c) he paints himself white like a ghost.
(d) he learns to roar like a lion.

5. Why does Brer Rabbit say he is running away from Brer Wolf and the gold mine?
(a) to tell Mr. Man there is gold on his property.
(b) to get a bag to hold the gold Brer Wolf leaves behind.
(c) to get a shovel and a pick.
(d) to bring his family to help collect the gold.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the small cricket cause the animals to run?

2. How does Brer Rabbit get the fox to chase a wagon?

3. What does the boy's grandmother, Miss Sally, think of Uncle Remus' stories?

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

5. Why does Uncle Remus insist that the story of the man and his corn is true?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What is the lesson of the Doodang?

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

7. Explain how Uncle Remus uses common occurrences to teach the boy valuable lessons.

8. How does the preacher man expose the miller man's wife as a witch?

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

10. What does the third generation little boy confide to Uncle Remus about his mother?

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