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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When is the story being told?
(a) At the end of Brother's life.
(b) Some years after the events of the story take place.
(c) Immediately after the events of the story take place.
(d) In the winter, after Doodle dies.

2. What does Daddy have Mr. Heath make for Doodle?
(a) A cart.
(b) A wheelchair.
(c) A special bed.
(d) A casket.

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

4. What does Brother know is covering the casket that he makes Doodle touch?
(a) Spiderwebs.
(b) Bird droppings.
(c) Cockroaches.
(d) Poison.

5. What happens when Brother begins to dance Aunt Nicey around after they reveal that Doodle can walk?
(a) Aunt Nicey falls down.
(b) She steps hard on his toe.
(c) Mama tells him to stop immediately.
(d) Doodle starts to imitate them.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mama mean when she tells Brother that Doodle might not be "all there" (2)?

2. Who does Doodle suggest that Brother can marry?

3. Why, at the end of summer, does Brother start to push Doodle so hard in his "training" efforts?

4. Who is the first to see the ibis?

5. Who is the only person who does not like the name "Doodle"?

Short Essay Questions

1. When the narrator finally realizes that he will have to take Doodle everywhere he goes, where does he take Doodle, and what is Doodle's reaction?

2. How old is Doodle when he learns to walk, and why is his age relevant to him learning to walk?

3. When Doodle learns to walk, where does the family put his cart, and why is this symbolically appropriate?

4. When the family get excited and try to hug "Brother" for teaching Doodle to walk, how does "Brother" react, and why?

5. When the boys are almost ready to show the family that Doodle can walk and they keep hinting that they have a big secret, what does Nicey tell them and what is its thematic significance?

6. In what ways is the summer of 1918 hard on the family's crops?

7. When "Brother" tells Doodle that he is going to teach Doodle to walk, what is Doodle's response?

8. What changes in Doodle's living situation when he learns to crawl?

9. What do Doodle and "Brother" do with the flowers at Old Woman Swamp?

10. How does Daddy react to the hurricane, and what emotions do his reactions cause in his sons?

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