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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. 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) Metaphor and personification.
(c) Imagery and metaphor.
(d) Simile and foreshadowing.

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

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

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

5. What draws the family's attention to the ibis?
(a) A croaking noise.
(b) The sound of its wings.
(c) A flash of red.
(d) The loud reaction of their chickens.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Brother finally decides to treat Doodle like a brother, where does he take him for the first time?

2. What explanation does Daddy offer for the ibis's behavior?

3. What deadline do Doodle and Brother set for Doodle's physical training?

4. How does Brother respond to Doodle's love for natural beauty?

5. What does the reader learn about Doodle from his story about Peter?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What "training" plan does "Brother" come up with for Doodle, and what is his motive?

6. When "Brother" dances around with Aunt Nicey to celebrate Doodle walking, what happens, and why it is it ironic?

7. Which character says "And bless the Pearsons, whose boy Joe was lost at Belleau Wood" (8) and what does this comment foreshadow?

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

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

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

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