Everyday Use and Scarlet Ibis Test

The most significant parallel between Doodle’s death and that of the scarlet ibis is that

• they have both been pushed to their limits by external forces around them
• their deaths are mourned by no one
• in death, they both are described in hues of purple and gold
• they are sudden and unexpected

All of the following quotations foreshadow Doodle's death except…

• " The five o' clocks by the chimney still marked time, but the oriole nest in the elm was unattended and rocked back and forth like an empty cradle."
• "They named him William Armstrong, which was like tying a big tail on a small kite. Such a name sounds good only on a tombstone."
• "Dead birds is bad luck,' said Aunt Nicey, poking her head from the kitchen door. ' Specially red dead   birds!' "
• " Renaming my brother was perhaps the kindest thing that I ever did for him, because nobody expects   much from someone called Doodle."

When the scarlet ibis dies, Doodle appears to identify with its condition because he feels

• fragile like the bird.
• like he does not belong in his environment just as the bird is out of its environment.
• that he will die just as the bird dies.
• all the above.

The narrator, Doodle’s older brother, treats Doodle cruelly.  Which of the following incidents is NOT a sign of the older brother’s cruelty?

• He makes him row to exhaustion.
• He forces Doodle to touch the coffin that was intended for him.
• He does not help him bury the ibis.
• He runs ahead of him in the rain, leaving him behind.

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After showing Doodle the coffin in the barn, the narrator was sad because

• he recognized that he had been cruel to Doodle.

• an owl had flown up and scared Doodle.

• the coffin made him think that Doodle would soon die.

• he had left Doodle alone in the loft.

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When Doodle is born, the brother's reaction to his new sibling is that of

• terror and fear. 
• joy and excitement. 
• worry and anxiety. 
• disappointment and sorrow. 

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Why does Doodle bury the scarlet ibis?

• Dad tells him to do it
• the narrator makes him do it
• he can't eat cobbler until the bird is buried
• he feels compassion toward the bird

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The scarlet ibis symbolizes Doodle in that both the child and the bird are...

• able to move very quickly
• trying to learn to fly
• rare, beautiful and fragile
• very fond of being outside

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What words does Doodle say to the narrator multiple times in the story?

• "Help me, brother!"
• "Leave me alone, brother!"
• "Don't leave me, brother!"
• "I can't, brother!"

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What is the central conflict of Alice Walker’s “Everyday Use”?

• the cultural and personal struggle between Maggie and her mom vs. Dee
• the inner conflict between Dee vs. herself on whether she should claim what is rightfully hers
• the political and racial struggle of Maggie, her mom, and Dee vs. white society
• the socioeconomic clash between the poor and the rich

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