Three Tales by Zora Neale Hurston

In "How the Possum Lost the Hair on Its Tail", the storyteller has just told a story about

• Noah's Ark

• The Lost Colony

• The National Zoo

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What kind of tail did the possum have one time?

• curly and bushy

• bushy with long silk hair

• silky and red

• he did not have a tail

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The possum is described as being

• lazy and sleeps too much

• very spunky

• shy

• hard working

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Why did Ham shave possum's tail?

• It caught on fire

• He made strings for his banjo

• The possum asked him to

• It was not very pretty

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Why was the possum's spirit broken?

• It's raining so much

• Ham doesn't want to be his friend

• His tail isn't what it used to be

• He lost his mother

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What is the 'gator like at the beginning of the story?

• sneaky

• lazy

• pretty and white

• dark and scary

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How does Brer Rabbit fool Brer 'Gator?

• tells him to jump in the muddy lake

• uses what he doesn't know against him ('Gator didn't know what trouble is)

• asked 'Gator to bring him trouble

• asked 'Gator to bring fire to him

What is humorous about Brer 'Gator?

• he wears clothes

• he likes to lay in the grass

• he talks to Brer Rabbit

• he doesn't know what trouble is

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Why is the 'Gator black with red eyes?

• He wanted to change his looks

• He got all smoked up from the fire before getting in the water

• Brer Rabbit threw paint on him

• He asked God to change the way he looked

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When people speak different varieties of English with its own vocabulary, pronunciations, and grammar

• language

• dialect

• folktale

• hyperbole

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