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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 Brother says that both he and Doodle believed in his "infallibility" (7), what does he mean that they believe?
(a) That Brother can never do anything wrong.
(b) That Brother is kind.
(c) That Brother is a good Christian.
(d) That Brother always succeeds.

2. In the place name "Horsehead Landing," what does the word "landing" mean?
(a) A dock or other place for boats to transfer people and cargo to land.
(b) A place where planes touch down.
(c) The annual size of a catch of fish from a particular body of water.
(d) A flat place between two flights of stairs.

3. Where is the ibis perched?
(a) On the roof of the house.
(b) In the loft of the barn.
(c) In the bleeding tree.
(d) On the grindstone.

4. What causes Brother to say that Doodle is a "burden in many ways" (3)?
(a) Brother's friends make fun of Doodle.
(b) Doodle talks almost all the time.
(c) The doctor has made a long list of rules for taking care of Doodle.
(d) Doodle is getting too heavy for Brother to pull in the cart.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. On page 8, when Brother warns Doodle that he will be different from the other boys at school, what is Doodle's reply?

2. What is Doodle's real name?

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

4. What is "Brother's" first reaction to Doodle?

5. What does Mama notice about the ibis?

Short Essay Questions

1. What images of death does the story open with?

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

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

4. 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?

5. When school is getting closer, at the end of the summer, how is Doodle doing with his physical training, and what is the result?

6. What is the family's reaction to Doodle when he is born?

7. When Doodle and "Brother" take up telling one another stories to pass the time, what story does Doodle tell?

8. How does Doodle die?

9. Whenever Doodle wants to quit trying to learn how to walk, how does "Brother" motivate him to keep trying?

10. What are Chateau-Thierry, Amiens, and Soissons, and how do they relate to this story?

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