1. When Brother comments that "Hope no longer hid in the dark palmetto thicket but perched like a cardinal in the lacy toothbrush tree, brilliantly visible" (3), what two literary techniques are being used?
(a) Personification and simile.
(b) Irony and understatement.
(c) Hyperbole and sarcasm.
(d) Metaphor and imagery.

2. Why does Mama make Brother return to the table when he is trying to get outside to see the ibis?
(a) He was rude to Doodle and she wants him to apologize.
(b) He has knocked over his chair and forgotten to excuse himself.
(c) He is not finished eating.
(d) His father was in the middle of saying something to him.

3. When Mama tells Brother that she is afraid that Doodle might not be "all there," what is Brother's response (2)?
(a) He decides to kill Doodle.
(b) He tells her that they will have to wait and see.
(c) He says that he will love Doodle anyway.
(d) He asks if that is what the doctor said.

4. What evidence is there that Brother is pushing Doodle too hard?
(a) Doodle begins to have trouble breathing.
(b) Doodle talks less and seems confused at times.
(c) Doodle begins to have nose bleeds.
(d) Doodle becomes feverish and has nightmares.

5. Just before they notice the ibis, what does Doodle contradict Brother about?
(a) He says that the other boys in school will not care if he is different.
(b) He says that they are done with his physical training.
(c) He says that he heard a rain-frog.
(d) He says that he will be ready to help harvest the cotton.