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

2. How does Mrs. Partridge frighten away Brer Rabbit?

3. Tracking the squirrels, what does the man find?

4. Who does Uncle Remus call Impty-Umpty?

5. What tale does Uncle Remus tell about Brer Rabbit and Unk Moon?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. Describe the secret of Brer Rabbit's laughing place.

8. What is the outcome of Aunt Tempy's tale of Brother Rabbit Ties Mr. Lion?

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

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

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, How Harris Treats the Subject of Slavery. (1) Give your opinion as to how accurately the subject is depicted in the book, (2) examples of race distinctions in the book, and (3) social position between the plantation slaves and the lower class white neighbors in the book.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Write an essay of at least two typewritten pages on the topic, The Complete Tales of Uncle Remus is Not Children's Literature. Salient points should include (1) the violence in the tales; (2) the moral questions of theft and lies as appropriate behavior under certain circumstances; and (3) the adult nature of certain situations among the human characters in the book.

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