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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is it reasonable to assume the flower necklaces floating away toward the sea at the end of the day might symbolize?
(a) The beauty of Brother and Doodle's relationship.
(b) The ease with which nature can be harmed.
(c) The danger of Doodle's trust in Brother.
(d) The brief nature of youth and innocence.

2. When Brother says that "the flood of childish spite evanesced" (11), what is he saying happened?
(a) The storm started to break.
(b) He could see through the trees to where Doodle lay on the ground.
(c) His anger went away.
(d) His pride was like a flood of water.

3. When Brother says that both he and Doodle believed in his "infallibility" (7), what does he mean that they believe?
(a) That Brother is a good Christian.
(b) That Brother always succeeds.
(c) That Brother is kind.
(d) That Brother can never do anything wrong.

4. At first, Daddy is upset by the hurricane and looks defeated. What does he do that makes Brother and Doodle think that things will be all right?
(a) Says a prayer and tells them God will take care of them.
(b) Raises his fist and curses the weather and the Republican party.
(c) Jumps into a puddle in the field and pretends to swim.
(d) Scoops Doodle up and dances with him in the rain.

5. When does the family finally bring Doodle out to be with the rest of the family?
(a) When he learns to speak.
(b) When Aunt Nicey insists on it.
(c) When the doctor tells them they should.
(d) After he learns to crawl.

6. How old is Doodle when he begins to try to move himself?
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 4.
(d) 1.

7. What deadline do Doodle and Brother set for Doodle's physical training?
(a) They want to be done by the time Doodle starts school.
(b) They want to be done by Doodle's seventh birthday.
(c) They want to be done by Christmas.
(d) They want to be done by springtime.

8. Even though it seems hopeless, why does Brother say he keeps trying to teach Doodle to walk?
(a) Love.
(b) Pity.
(c) Pride.
(d) Anger.

9. Where is the ibis perched?
(a) On the roof of the house.
(b) In the loft of the barn.
(c) On the grindstone.
(d) In the bleeding tree.

10. When Brother says that the smell of the graveyard flowers is coming through their windows and "speaking softy the names of our dead" (1), this is an example of which literary technique?
(a) Euphemism.
(b) Hyperbole.
(c) Understatement.
(d) Personification.

11. What is an "ibis"?
(a) A bird.
(b) A flower.
(c) A fish.
(d) A type of tree.

12. Why does Brother cry when everyone hugs him for teaching Doodle to walk?
(a) He rarely gets the family's attention.
(b) He is so relieved that everything went just right.
(c) He knows that he did it for the wrong reasons.
(d) He is afraid he might have hurt Doodle and they will find out.

13. How does the ibis die?
(a) Daddy shoots it.
(b) Brother shoots it.
(c) One of the family's cats attacks it.
(d) It dies of natural causes.

14. In what year does Brother train Doodle?
(a) 1916.
(b) 1918.
(c) 1914.
(d) 1912.

15. Why does Doodle cry when Brother takes him to see the "only beauty" Brother knows (3)?
(a) Because he loves Brother.
(b) Because he has never seen flowers before.
(c) Because it is pretty.
(d) Because his life is too hard.

Short Answer Questions

1. What replaces the tree in the yard?

2. Who gives Doodle his nickname?

3. What area is the ibis native to?

4. What does the doctor say about Doodle trying to move around?

5. What do Doodle and Brother do to pass the time when they are out and need to stop walking so that Doodle can rest?

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