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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. What do Doodle and Brother leave to do after lunch?
2. What does Mama mean when she tells Brother that Doodle might not be "all there" (2)?
3. What does Brother say causes him to run home during the storm?
4. 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?
5. In the place name "Horsehead Landing," what does the word "landing" mean?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does the narrator make Doodle do in the barn loft, and how does Doodle react?
2. When they are eating lunch on the day the ibis appears, what argument are the brothers having?
3. Where is the grindstone and what is its symbolic meaning?
4. What are Chateau-Thierry, Amiens, and Soissons, and how do they relate to this story?
5. How does Doodle get his nickname?
6. What changes in Doodle's living situation when he learns to crawl?
7. How does Daddy react to the hurricane, and what emotions do his reactions cause in his sons?
8. When Mama tells "Brother" that Doodle might be mentally disabled, what does "Brother" plan to do, and what changes his mind?
9. What "training" plan does "Brother" come up with for Doodle, and what is his motive?
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
What has the narrator learned from his brother's death? Use evidence from the text to demonstrate how his attitudes and beliefs have either stayed the same or changed between the time when he was a child and the time when he tells this story.
Essay Topic 2
What role does prejudice against those with disabilities play in the outcome of "The Scarlet Ibis?" Write an essay in which you consider the family's reactions to Doodle and make an argument about what contribution their prejudices had to his death. Be sure to use textual evidence to support your claims.
Essay Topic 3
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.
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