Names
The main character in the title of the first story.
What is the Tar-Baby?
The "thing" that Mr. Fox creates to trap Mr. Rabbit.
Who is the Tar-Baby?
The symbolism that Mr. Rabbit escapes Mr. Fox regarding the Reconstruction Era.
What is being freed from slavery?
The author shows diverse cultures using this form of speech.
What is the dialect?
Protagonist of "How Mr. Rabbit Was Too Sharp for Mr. Fox"
Who is Mr./Brer Rabbit?
The character who outwits Mr. Fox in the second tale.
Who is Mr./Brer Rabbit?
The symbolism for trapping people of color into slavery.
What is Tar-Baby?
The implication of pouring tar onto a white doll.
(Hint: think theatre, where a white person covered their face with dark makeup)
What is black-face?
The antagonist to both stories
Who is Mr./Brer Fox?
The place Mr. Fox throws Mr. Rabbit after he incessantly asks not to be thrown there.
What is the Brier-patch?
The character that symbolizes white supremacy.
Who is Mr. Fox?
The term used when a white person writes in black cultural speech.
(Ex: White people having dreads)
What is cultural appropriation?
The one who relays both tales within the stories.
Who is Uncle Remus?
The three ways Mr. Fox considers killing Mr. Rabbit.
What is hanging, drowning, and skinning?
What is freedom?
What is racism?