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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. How does the witch-wolf disguised as a woman get found out?
(a) she howls at the moon.
(b) a cow fears her.
(c) her teeth grow long.
(d) she eats raw meat.

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

3. How does Uncle Remus describe the buzzard's breakfast of dead hawk?
(a) as a plan that worked.
(b) as a justice done.
(c) as a meal that tasted just like chicken.
(d) as a round about way of eating chicken.

4. What is Uncle Remus' coined term for boastful speech?
(a) talking uppity.
(b) talking bragity.
(c) talking biggity.
(d) talking hautity.

5. what social event do the little boy and Uncle Remus attend?
(a) tea time at Miss Sally's.
(b) the marriage of Tildy and Jack.
(c) a church meeting on the plantation.
(d) a story telling contest.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the terrapin say about what he learned from the buzzard?

2. How does Uncle Remus excuse Brer Rabbit for hideous behavior with Granny Wolf?

3. How does Mr. Lion get into the barrel of hot water?

4. How does Brer Rabbit trick the lion into letting his tail be tied to a tree?

5. When the little boy grows up and has his own son, what does Uncle Remus say about the training the boy gets from his mother?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. In the story of the witch-wolf, explain why she wanted to marry a man.

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

5. How does Brer Rabbit describe his wife's behavior as he visits with Brer Wolf and Brer Fox?

6. Describe Brer Rabbit's invitation to the other animals to a barbecue.

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

8. What is the lesson of the Doodang?

9. Relate the explanation Uncle Remus has for the craters on the moon.

10. What tale does Uncle Remus tell his young boy helper when the boy begins to tire of turning the grinding wheel?

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