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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 replaces the tree in the yard?
2. 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?
3. Who is the only person who does not like the name "Doodle"?
4. What do Mama and Daddy say about Brother's plan to train Doodle physically?
5. What is the swamp near their house called?
Short Essay Questions
1. Toward the end of summer, how does "Brother" say that he and Doodle are feeling about the training, and why do they keep going?
2. When Doodle learns to walk, where does the family put his cart, and why is this symbolically appropriate?
3. What does the narrator make Doodle do in the barn loft, and how does Doodle react?
4. When Mama tells "Brother" that Doodle might be mentally disabled, what does "Brother" plan to do, and what changes his mind?
5. What changes in Doodle's living situation when he learns to crawl?
6. How does Doodle get his nickname?
7. When Doodle and "Brother" take up telling one another stories to pass the time, what story does Doodle tell?
8. Whenever Doodle wants to quit trying to learn how to walk, how does "Brother" motivate him to keep trying?
9. How old is Doodle when he learns to walk, and why is his age relevant to him learning to walk?
10. What future do "Brother" and Doodle imagine for themselves at Old Woman Sawmp?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Choose one symbol from the story and write an essay that analyzes its use: be sure to consider the descriptions associated with the symbol, the mood it is intended to create, and its role in the plot as you make a claim about the symbol's meaning and function in the story.
Essay Topic 2
"Brother" feels ashamed of Doodle because of Doodle's physical differences from the average boy that "Brother" knows at school. What other kinds of unnecessary shame do people feel about their relatives or friends, or about themselves, based on differences from what they think is "normal"? Choose one of these to write about--explain what the prejudice is, what it can cause people to do and feel, and why people should actually not be ashamed of this "difference." Cite all of your sources in MLA format.
Essay Topic 3
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.
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