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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 deadline do Doodle and Brother set for Doodle's physical training?
2. Doodle has an active mind and talks a lot. What is his family's reaction to this?
3. Who is the first to see the ibis?
4. Who gives Doodle his nickname?
5. Who does Doodle suggest that Brother can marry?
Short Essay Questions
1. When school is getting closer, at the end of the summer, how is Doodle doing with his physical training, and what is the result?
2. What do Doodle and "Brother" do with the flowers at Old Woman Swamp?
3. What future do "Brother" and Doodle imagine for themselves at Old Woman Sawmp?
4. When Doodle and "Brother" take up telling one another stories to pass the time, what story does Doodle tell?
5. 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?
6. How does Doodle die?
7. What "training" plan does "Brother" come up with for Doodle, and what is his motive?
8. What changes in the narrator's life when Daddy makes Doodle a cart?
9. What are Chateau-Thierry, Amiens, and Soissons, and how do they relate to this story?
10. When they are eating lunch on the day the ibis appears, what argument are the brothers having?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Is there any defense of "Brother's" actions where Doodle is concerned? Write an essay in which you consider both why "Brother" did what he did and what effects his actions had in Doodle's life. Be sure to use textual support for your claims.
Essay Topic 2
Because "Brother" narrates the story, the reader knows his motivations. But what causes Doodle to go along with what his brother wants? Write an essay that uses clear examples from the text to support your claims about what Doodle's motivations are.
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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