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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 are Doodle's last words?
2. What is the narrative point of view of "The Scarlet Ibis"?
3. Who is the author of "The Scarlet Ibis"?
4. What is the first problem the family's crops have in the year that Brother is training Doodle?
5. Who is the only person who does not like the name "Doodle"?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Doodle get his nickname?
2. When Doodle and "Brother" take up telling one another stories to pass the time, what story does Doodle tell?
3. Whenever Doodle wants to quit trying to learn how to walk, how does "Brother" motivate him to keep trying?
4. What images of death does the story open with?
5. When Mama tells "Brother" that Doodle might be mentally disabled, what does "Brother" plan to do, and what changes his mind?
6. When they are eating lunch on the day the ibis appears, what argument are the brothers having?
7. 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?
8. In what ways is the summer of 1918 hard on the family's crops?
9. What are Chateau-Thierry, Amiens, and Soissons, and how do they relate to this story?
10. When "Brother" dances around with Aunt Nicey to celebrate Doodle walking, what happens, and why it is it ironic?
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
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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