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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 is "Doodle" short for?
2. When Brother comments that "Hope no longer hid in the dark palmetto thicket but perched like a cardinal in the lacy toothbrush tree, brilliantly visible" (3), what two literary techniques are being used?
3. How does the family react when the boys reveal that Doodle can walk?
4. What does Mama mean when she tells Brother that Doodle might not be "all there" (2)?
5. Why does Brother think that it is a good thing for Doodle to have a silly name?
Short Essay Questions
1. Where is the grindstone and what is its symbolic meaning?
2. Which character says "And bless the Pearsons, whose boy Joe was lost at Belleau Wood" (8) and what does this comment foreshadow?
3. How old is Doodle when he learns to walk, and why is his age relevant to him learning to walk?
4. How does "Brother" go about teaching Doodle to walk?
5. When Mama tells "Brother" that Doodle might be mentally disabled, what does "Brother" plan to do, and what changes his mind?
6. Whenever Doodle wants to quit trying to learn how to walk, how does "Brother" motivate him to keep trying?
7. What do Doodle and "Brother" do with the flowers at Old Woman Swamp?
8. When Doodle and "Brother" take up telling one another stories to pass the time, what story does Doodle tell?
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 "Brother" tells Doodle that he is going to teach Doodle to walk, what is Doodle's response?
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
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
The narrator feels responsible for his brother's death. Do you agree? Write an essay using evidence form the story to argue that "Brother" is or is not responsible for Doodle's death.
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