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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. How does the ibis die?
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. When Doodle smiles at Brother for the first time, how does Brother feel?
4. Who uses a book to find the name of the ibis?
5. When Brother says, of the hope they had when they started training, "Success lay at the end of summer like a pot of gold" (7), what should the reader understand from this simile?
Short Essay Questions
1. When they are eating lunch on the day the ibis appears, what argument are the brothers having?
2. 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?
3. How does Doodle die?
4. What images of death does the story open with?
5. Which character says "And bless the Pearsons, whose boy Joe was lost at Belleau Wood" (8) and what does this comment foreshadow?
6. What "training" plan does "Brother" come up with for Doodle, and what is his motive?
7. How does "Brother" go about teaching Doodle to walk?
8. What future do "Brother" and Doodle imagine for themselves at Old Woman Sawmp?
9. When Doodle learns to walk, where does the family put his cart, and why is this symbolically appropriate?
10. What is the family's reaction to Doodle when he is born?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay in which you consider the effect that story structure has on the reader's understanding of theme. Think about how this story would be different if "Brother" told the story as it was happening or even immediately afterward. When you consider that "Brother" has had years to grow up and think about his actions towards Doodle, how does that impact your understanding of what his story means? Be sure to use textual support for your claims.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay in which you analyze the importance of Doodle's birth "in a caul" (1). What does this represent to various characters, what does it represent in Western culture, and how do these representations have significance for the role that Doodle will eventually play in the family's life? Be sure to cite in MLA format any outside sources that you use, and offer textual support for your claims.
Essay Topic 3
Does the family truly love and accept Doodle? Use quoted textual evidence to support an argument for or against this idea.
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