1. What do Doodle and Brother do to pass the time when they are out and need to stop walking so that Doodle can rest?
(a) They make up stories.
(b) They practice throwing a ball.
(c) They imagine their future together.
(d) They take turns reading to each other.

2. What literary techniques are shown in the phrase, "[I]t lay on the earth like a broken vase of red flowers" (9)?
(a) Symbolism, flashback, and euphemism.
(b) Imagery, metaphor, and allegory.
(c) Metaphor, allusion, and symbolism.
(d) Imagery, foreshadowing, and simile.

3. What does Brother compare Doodle to when he finds Doodle dead?
(a) Aunt Nicey.
(b) The scarlet ibis.
(c) Himself.
(d) A crashed kite.

4. When Brother asks "What are the words that can solder cracked pride?" (11), what is he comparing words to?
(a) The metal used in welding.
(b) The paste that holds bricks together.
(c) A person in the army.
(d) A salesperson in a store.

5. What is Doodle's real name?
(a) William Armstrong.
(b) Robert Graves.
(c) James Hurst.
(d) It is never given.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. When it is clear that the training plan is harming Doodle, why does Brother continue?

3. Who does Doodle suggest that Brother can marry?

4. What is the first problem the family's crops have in the year that Brother is training Doodle?

5. Doodle has an active mind and talks a lot. What is his family's reaction to this?

(see the answer key)

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