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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 claims that dead birds are bad luck?
2. How old is Doodle when they reveal to the family that he can walk?
3. What does Brother say causes him to run home during the storm?
4. What is the narrative point of view of "The Scarlet Ibis"?
5. What is Doodle's real name?
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. Toward the end of summer, how does "Brother" say that he and Doodle are feeling about the training, and why do they keep going?
4. How does "Brother" go about teaching Doodle to walk?
5. What images of death does the story open with?
6. What "training" plan does "Brother" come up with for Doodle, and what is his motive?
7. When Doodle and "Brother" take up telling one another stories to pass the time, what story does Doodle tell?
8. What changes in the narrator's life when Daddy makes Doodle a cart?
9. When Doodle learns to walk, where does the family put his cart, and why is this symbolically appropriate?
10. Which character says "And bless the Pearsons, whose boy Joe was lost at Belleau Wood" (8) and what does this comment foreshadow?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
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 3
Write a thesis-driven essay in which you analyze the setting of Old Woman Swamp. Consider questions like these: What events take place there? How do the boys feel while they are there? Why does it matter that it is a natural setting and that it is described as the only spot of beauty around them? Be sure to use textual evidence as support for your claims.
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