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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Brer Rabbit scare the tiger away?

3. What is Uncle Remus' coined term for boastful speech?

4. What is the message of "The Creetures Go to the Barbecue"?

5. What does the little boy's mother think about Uncle Remus' stories?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay of at least two typewritten pages on the topic, The Relationships Between Animals and People in the Remus Tales. (1) What subliminal message do you get from those interactions? (2) Are the animals generally smarter than the people? (3) Why does Uncle Remus include people at all?

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay of at least two typewritten pages on the topic, Exposing Children to Violence. Discuss the violence in the Uncle Remus tales. Point out some of the reactions the little boy has to some of the more violent or frightening tales. Then discuss

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay of at least two typewritten pages on the topic, The Personification of Animals in the Uncle Remus Tales. (1) Give examples of personification of animals that sets them apart from other animals in the tales, (2) how personification of the animals changes their habits, and (3) how the personification allows for human gullibility and bad behavior.

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