2. Why does Doodle cry when Brother takes him to see the "only beauty" Brother knows (3)?
(a) Because his life is too hard.
(b) Because he has never seen flowers before.
(c) Because he loves Brother.
(d) Because it is pretty.

3. On page 8, when Brother warns Doodle that he will be different from the other boys at school, what is Doodle's reply?
(a) "Everyone is different, somehow."
(b) "Does it make any difference?"
(c) "I will still have you."
(d) "I won't go to school, then."

4. At first, Daddy is upset by the hurricane and looks defeated. What does he do that makes Brother and Doodle think that things will be all right?
(a) Raises his fist and curses the weather and the Republican party.
(b) Scoops Doodle up and dances with him in the rain.
(c) Says a prayer and tells them God will take care of them.
(d) Jumps into a puddle in the field and pretends to swim.

5. Where is the ibis perched?
(a) On the roof of the house.
(b) On the grindstone.
(c) In the bleeding tree.
(d) In the loft of the barn.

6. When Brother says that the smell of the graveyard flowers is coming through their windows and "speaking softy the names of our dead" (1), this is an example of which literary technique?
(a) Hyperbole.
(b) Understatement.
(c) Personification.
(d) Euphemism.

7. Who is the first to see the ibis?
(a) Daddy.
(b) Aunt Nicey.
(c) Doodle.
(d) Brother.

8. When Brother says, of the hope they had when they started training, "Success lay at the end of summer like a pot of gold" (7), what should the reader understand from this simile?
(a) Their goal is an illusion that they will never reach.
(b) Their goal is to achieve something magical.
(c) Their goal is worth more than gold, to them.
(d) Their goal is dangerous and they should stop.

9. What is Doodle's real name?
(a) James Hurst.
(b) William Armstrong.
(c) It is never given.
(d) Robert Graves.

10. Doodle has an active mind and talks a lot. What is his family's reaction to this?
(a) They make fun of him.
(b) They ignore him.
(c) They are jealous of him.
(d) They suggest that he might become a writer.

11. What does the reader learn about Doodle from his story about Peter?
(a) Doodle is much smarter than Brother.
(b) Doodle secretly hates Brother.
(c) Doodle has a vivid imagination.
(d) Doodle is frightened of going to school.

12. Even though it seems hopeless, why does Brother say he keeps trying to teach Doodle to walk?
(a) Anger.
(b) Pride.
(c) Pity.
(d) Love.

13. Where are Doodle's cart and coffin in the time when this story is being told?
(a) They were buried with Doodle.
(b) Still in the loft in the barn.
(c) In the front room of the house.
(d) They have been thrown away.

14. What are Brother and Doodle doing on the day when Doodle cannot keep going and falls to the ground, crying?
(a) Walking.
(b) Running.
(c) Boxing.
(d) Rope climbing.

15. 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?
(a) Hyperbole.
(b) Sarcasm.
(c) Foreshadowing.
(d) Metaphor.