Show:
All God's Chillen Had Wings
Ah'll Beatcher Makin' Money
The Awful Fate of Mr. Wolf
African-American Folklore
Miscellaneous
100
All Africans could fly like...
Birds.
100
What did Massa give John at the beginning of the story?
A horse.
100
Who was Brer Wolf hiding from?
The dogs.
100
Brer Rabbit is what kind of character?
A trickster.
100
How were folktales typically shared?
Orally, not written.
200
Who was the first person to talk to the old man and remember how to fly?
A young woman and her newborn baby.
200
Why did Massa kill John's grandma?
Because John had taken her riding in Massa's buggy.
200
What was the name of the man telling this story?
Uncle Remus.
200
What is a folktale?
A tale or legend originating and traditional among a people,especially one forming part of the oral tradition of the common people.
200
How many people died in the three folktales we had you read?
Five (two grandmas and Massa in "Ah'll Beatcher Makin' Money", and Brer Wolf in "The Awful Fate of Mr. Wolf").
300
Describe the person who helped the slaves escape.
"The oldest man of them all, tall and strong, with a forked beard." --All God's Chillen Had Wings (pg. 132)
300
What does John claim to be, in order to make money?
A fortune-teller.
300
What did Brer Rabbit tell Brer Wolf he was doing with the boiling water?
Making Brer Wolf a cup of tea.
300
What were two purposes of folktales?
To pass on information from one generation to the next, as a hidden language, or pure entertainment.
300
These folktales relate back to what heritage?
African heritage.
400
How many people did the man help escape, before the driver and overseer tried to attack him?
Four (the woman, her baby, and two men).
400
What does John do to the horse hide in order to tell someone's fortune?
He puts it on the ground and hits it with a stick.
400
How many houses did Brer Rabbit have before he got his plank house with rock foundations?
Three (made of straw, pinetops, and bark).
400
Who were the three main characters of the folktales we had you read?
An unnamed old man, John, and Brer Rabbit.
400
What were the three characters in "All God's Chillen Had Wings" that were not slaves?
The driver, the overseer, and the master.
500
What did the old man say to the master, and what does it mean?
"'Kuli-ba! Kuli-ba!' I don't know what that means." --All God's Chillen Had Wings (pg. 133)
500
What did John receive from the man for telling his fortune twice?
A sack of money, a horse and saddle, and five head of cattle, six head of sheep, and four more horses, and four more sacks of money.
500
How did Brer Rabbit kill Brer Wolf?
He had him hide in a chest, boiled some water, and poured it on top of him.
500
Who was Uncle Remus telling his story to?
Miss Sally's little boy.
500
"Ah'll Beatcher Makin' Money" is recounted in what book by Zora Neale?
Mules and Men.