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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mama notice about the ibis?
(a) It is not frightened of the family.
(b) It seems focused on Doodle.
(c) It seems to have a broken wing.
(d) It is clearly dying.

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

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

4. Doodle has an active mind and talks a lot. What is his family's reaction to this?
(a) They are jealous of him.
(b) They ignore him.
(c) They make fun of him.
(d) They suggest that he might become a writer.

5. Who does Doodle suggest that Brother can marry?
(a) Their aunt.
(b) Their neighbor.
(c) Their mother.
(d) Their father.

6. When Brother finally decides to treat Doodle like a brother, where does he take him for the first time?
(a) The cottonfield.
(b) Old Woman Swamp.
(c) The family graveyard.
(d) Horsehead Landing.

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

8. What does Brother say causes him to run home during the storm?
(a) Fear.
(b) Cruelty.
(c) Shame.
(d) Disappointment.

9. When, on page 8, Brother says that they kept working with "doggedness," what does he mean?
(a) They worked beyond the point that is reasonable.
(b) They worked with determination and persistence.
(c) They worked slowly and methodically.
(d) They worked playfully and happily.

10. What area is the ibis native to?
(a) South America to Florida
(b) Canada and the American North.
(c) The American South.
(d) Africa.

11. Why does Brother think that it is a good thing for Doodle to have a silly name?
(a) Because people will not expect much from him.
(b) Because Doodle has a silly sense of humor.
(c) Because people will like him more.
(d) Because it will distract people from the way Doodle looks.

12. Who uses a book to find the name of the ibis?
(a) Aunt Nicey.
(b) Mama.
(c) Doodle.
(d) Daddy.

13. What does the reader learn about Doodle from his story about Peter?
(a) Doodle is frightened of going to school.
(b) Doodle has a vivid imagination.
(c) Doodle secretly hates Brother.
(d) Doodle is much smarter than Brother.

14. What kind of tree is in Brother's yard when he is a child?
(a) One with red flowers.
(b) One with medicinal bark.
(c) One with thorns.
(d) One with cloudy sap.

15. Who is the first to see the ibis?
(a) Daddy.
(b) Doodle.
(c) Aunt Nicey.
(d) Brother.

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. How old is Doodle when they reveal to the family that he can walk?

3. After the incident where Brother makes Doodle touch the casket, what does Doodle cry out over and over?

4. What is Doodle's real name?

5. How does the family react when the boys reveal that Doodle can walk?

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