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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. Who is the first to see the ibis?
2. When Brother comments that "Hope no longer hid in the dark palmetto thicket but perched like a cardinal in the lacy toothbrush tree, brilliantly visible" (3), what two literary techniques are being used?
3. What kind of tree is in Brother's yard when he is a child?
4. What evidence is there that Brother is pushing Doodle too hard?
5. When the family sees Doodle struggling to bury the ibis, what is their response?
Short Essay Questions
1. What are Chateau-Thierry, Amiens, and Soissons, and how do they relate to this story?
2. How does "Brother" go about teaching Doodle to walk?
3. How does Daddy react to the hurricane, and what emotions do his reactions cause in his sons?
4. How does Doodle die?
5. When "Brother" tells Doodle that he is going to teach Doodle to walk, what is Doodle's response?
6. When "Brother" dances around with Aunt Nicey to celebrate Doodle walking, what happens, and why it is it ironic?
7. What "training" plan does "Brother" come up with for Doodle, and what is his motive?
8. What is the family's reaction to Doodle when he is born?
9. 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?
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
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
Does the family truly love and accept Doodle? Use quoted textual evidence to support an argument for or against this idea.
Essay Topic 3
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.
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