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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. 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 replaces the tree in the yard?
3. Just before they notice the ibis, what does Doodle contradict Brother about?
4. What is Brother's real name?
5. What draws the family's attention to the ibis?
Short Essay Questions
1. What future do "Brother" and Doodle imagine for themselves at Old Woman Sawmp?
2. What changes in the narrator's life when Daddy makes Doodle a cart?
3. When the family get excited and try to hug "Brother" for teaching Doodle to walk, how does "Brother" react, and why?
4. What "training" plan does "Brother" come up with for Doodle, and what is his motive?
5. What is the family's reaction to Doodle when he is born?
6. When Doodle and "Brother" take up telling one another stories to pass the time, what story does Doodle tell?
7. When Mama tells "Brother" that Doodle might be mentally disabled, what does "Brother" plan to do, and what changes his mind?
8. When Doodle learns to walk, where does the family put his cart, and why is this symbolically appropriate?
9. What images of death does the story open with?
10. When school is getting closer, at the end of the summer, how is Doodle doing with his physical training, and what is the result?
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
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 3
Write an essay in which you analyze the use of World War I as a background for this story. Explain how thematic motifs in this story are related to World War I and how the story is made richer by this association. Be sure to use textual evidence to support your claims, and if you use outside sources, cite them in MLA format.
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