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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 does the reader learn about Doodle from his story about Peter?
2. Where do Doodle and Brother imagine living when they are older?
3. What is Doodle's real name?
4. How does the ibis die?
5. 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?
Short Essay Questions
1. What are Chateau-Thierry, Amiens, and Soissons, and how do they relate to this story?
2. Toward the end of summer, how does "Brother" say that he and Doodle are feeling about the training, and why do they keep going?
3. How does Doodle die?
4. 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?
5. What does the narrator make Doodle do in the barn loft, and how does Doodle react?
6. When Doodle learns to walk, where does the family put his cart, and why is this symbolically appropriate?
7. When school is getting closer, at the end of the summer, how is Doodle doing with his physical training, and what is the result?
8. What do Doodle and "Brother" do with the flowers at Old Woman Swamp?
9. When Mama tells "Brother" that Doodle might be mentally disabled, what does "Brother" plan to do, and what changes his mind?
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
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.
Essay Topic 3
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.
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