2. Why, at the end of summer, does Brother start to push Doodle so hard in his "training" efforts?
(a) School is coming and Doodle does not yet have the physical skills to keep up with other boys.
(b) Brother knows that when winter comes, Doodle is likely to be too ill to keep training.
(c) Harvest season is coming and Brother wants Doodle to be strong enough to help this year.
(d) Brother knows that when school starts, Doodle is likely to be too busy to keep training.

3. At what time of year is Doodle finally ready to show the family that he can walk?
(a) Midwinter.
(b) Harvest time.
(c) Planting time.
(d) Midsummer.

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

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

6. The phrase, "[T]he oriole nest in the elm was untenanted and rocked back and forth like an empty cradle" (1) is an example of which two literary techniques?
(a) Foreshadowing and personification.
(b) Simile and foreshadowing.
(c) Metaphor and personification.
(d) Imagery and metaphor.

7. How does Brother respond to Doodle's love for natural beauty?
(a) He decides to teach Doodle to swim.
(b) He gets Doodle art supplies so that he can paint flowers.
(c) He takes Doodle to Old Woman Swamp over and over.
(d) He gets Doodle a book full of pictures of flowers.

8. What are Doodle's last words?
(a) "Don't hurt me!"
(b) "I love you."
(c) "I told you."
(d) "Don't leave me!"

9. What does Mama mean when she tells Brother that Doodle might not be "all there" (2)?
(a) Doodle might be missing a limb.
(b) Doodle might be intellectually disabled.
(c) Doodle might have a mental illness.
(d) Doodle might have to go live in a hospital.

10. What does the doctor say about Doodle trying to move around?
(a) It is surprising.
(b) It means he is in pain.
(c) It could kill him.
(d) It is good for him.

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

12. In the first sentence of the story, what meaning does "clove" have in "It was in the clove of seasons" (1)?
(a) One section of a bulb of garlic.
(b) A dried flower bud that is also a spice.
(c) The past tense of "cleave."
(d) The space between the two parts of an animal's hoof.

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

14. Just before they notice the ibis, what does Daddy say he is expecting?
(a) A letter from a neighbor who is fighting in the war.
(b) A storm.
(c) A delicious dessert.
(d) A larger cotton crop than usual.

15. 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) Metaphor and imagery.
(b) Personification and simile.
(c) Irony and understatement.
(d) Hyperbole and sarcasm.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where are Doodle's cart and coffin in the time when this story is being told?

2. Why does Brother think that it is a good thing for Doodle to have a silly name?

3. Who claims that dead birds are bad luck?

4. When Brother says, of the hope they had when they started training, "Success lay at the end of summer like a pot of gold" (7), what should the reader understand from this simile?

5. In what year does Brother train Doodle?

(see the answer keys)

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