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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Why does Brother cry when everyone hugs him for teaching Doodle to walk?
2. What are Brother and Doodle doing on the day when Doodle cannot keep going and falls to the ground, crying?
3. What do Mama and Daddy say about Brother's plan to train Doodle physically?
4. After the incident where Brother makes Doodle touch the casket, what does Doodle cry out over and over?
5. What is an "ibis"?
Short Essay Questions
1. Whenever Doodle wants to quit trying to learn how to walk, how does "Brother" motivate him to keep trying?
2. When the family get excited and try to hug "Brother" for teaching Doodle to walk, how does "Brother" react, and why?
3. What is the family's reaction to Doodle when he is born?
4. How does Doodle get his nickname?
5. What "training" plan does "Brother" come up with for Doodle, and what is his motive?
6. 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?
7. When Doodle collapses during their "training," what conversation do he and "Brother" have and how does the conversation show their different attitudes about Doodle's disability?
8. When Mama tells "Brother" that Doodle might be mentally disabled, what does "Brother" plan to do, and what changes his mind?
9. When school is getting closer, at the end of the summer, how is Doodle doing with his physical training, and what is the result?
10. 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?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Hurst offers a great deal of foreshadowing in the opening of "The Scarlet Ibis." Write an essay in which you analyze the first five paragraphs' use of foreshadowing--identify elements of foreshadowing and explain what they predict, and how.
Essay Topic 2
Is there any defense of "Brother's" actions where Doodle is concerned? Write an essay in which you consider both why "Brother" did what he did and what effects his actions had in Doodle's life. Be sure to use textual support for your claims.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay in which you consider the significance of the stories that the two brothers tell one another. They often imagine their future, and sometimes they pass time by making up stories about imaginary worlds. What do these stories tell the reader about the characters and about their motives? Be sure to use textual evidence to support your claims.
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