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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. The sentence "Mama once said, 'And bless the Pearsons, whose boy Joe was lost at Belleau Wood'" (8) is an example of which literary technique?
2. What does the reader learn about Doodle from his story about Peter?
3. Why does Brother treat Doodle roughly when he first starts taking him outside in his cart?
4. When Doodle smiles at Brother for the first time, how does Brother feel?
5. 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?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
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. When they are eating lunch on the day the ibis appears, what argument are the brothers having?
4. When the family get excited and try to hug "Brother" for teaching Doodle to walk, how does "Brother" react, and why?
5. When "Brother" tells Doodle that he is going to teach Doodle to walk, what is Doodle's response?
6. When Doodle learns to walk, where does the family put his cart, and why is this symbolically appropriate?
7. How does Daddy react to the hurricane, and what emotions do his reactions cause in his sons?
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 does "Brother" go about teaching Doodle to walk?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay in which you consider the significance of the stories that the two brothers tell one another. They often imagine their future, and sometimes they pass time by making up stories about imaginary worlds. What do these stories tell the reader about the characters and about their motives? Be sure to use textual evidence to support your claims.
Essay Topic 2
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.
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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