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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 family react when the boys reveal that Doodle can walk?
2. When does the family finally bring Doodle out to be with the rest of the family?
3. In what year does Brother train Doodle?
4. When Mama tells Brother that she is afraid that Doodle might not be "all there," what is Brother's response (2)?
5. When Brother says that the smell of the graveyard flowers is coming through their windows and "speaking softy the names of our dead" (1), this is an example of which literary technique?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Doodle die?
2. When Mama tells "Brother" that Doodle might be mentally disabled, what does "Brother" plan to do, and what changes his mind?
3. What "training" plan does "Brother" come up with for Doodle, and what is his motive?
4. 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?
5. How does Daddy react to the hurricane, and what emotions do his reactions cause in his sons?
6. When Doodle collapses during their "training," what conversation do he and "Brother" have and how does the conversation show their different attitudes about Doodle's disability?
7. What changes in Doodle's living situation when he learns to crawl?
8. 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?
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. How old is Doodle when he learns to walk, and why is his age relevant to him learning to walk?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Does the family truly love and accept Doodle? Use quoted textual evidence to support an argument for or against this idea.
Essay Topic 2
Write a thesis-driven essay in which you analyze the setting of Old Woman Swamp. Consider questions like these: What events take place there? How do the boys feel while they are there? Why does it matter that it is a natural setting and that it is described as the only spot of beauty around them? Be sure to use textual evidence as support for your claims.
Essay Topic 3
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.
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