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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 do Mama and Daddy say about Brother's plan to train Doodle physically?
2. What is an "ibis"?
3. What does Mama mean when she tells Brother that Doodle might not be "all there" (2)?
4. When Brother picks Doodle up, trying to teach him to walk, and Doodle falls to the ground, what does Doodle say?
5. What is "Brother's" first reaction to Doodle?
Short Essay Questions
1. When the boys are almost ready to show the family that Doodle can walk and they keep hinting that they have a big secret, what does Nicey tell them and what is its thematic significance?
2. How does Doodle die?
3. When they are eating lunch on the day the ibis appears, what argument are the brothers having?
4. What changes in Doodle's living situation when he learns to crawl?
5. Which character says "And bless the Pearsons, whose boy Joe was lost at Belleau Wood" (8) and what does this comment foreshadow?
6. When Doodle learns to walk, where does the family put his cart, and why is this symbolically appropriate?
7. Toward the end of summer, how does "Brother" say that he and Doodle are feeling about the training, and why do they keep going?
8. When school is getting closer, at the end of the summer, how is Doodle doing with his physical training, and what is the result?
9. How does "Brother" go about teaching Doodle to walk?
10. What images of death does the story open with?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay in which you consider the significance of the stories that the two brothers tell one another. They often imagine their future, and sometimes they pass time by making up stories about imaginary worlds. What do these stories tell the reader about the characters and about their motives? Be sure to use textual evidence to support your claims.
Essay Topic 2
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.
Essay Topic 3
What has the narrator learned from his brother's death? Use evidence from the text to demonstrate how his attitudes and beliefs have either stayed the same or changed between the time when he was a child and the time when he tells this story.
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