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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 1" "The Scarlet Ibis".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Brother picks Doodle up, trying to teach him to walk, and Doodle falls to the ground, what does Doodle say?
(a) "I can do it."
(b) "I'll tell Mama."
(c) "I told you so."
(d) "Don't hurt me, Brother."

2. When Brother finally decides to treat Doodle like a brother, where does he take him for the first time?
(a) Old Woman Swamp.
(b) The family graveyard.
(c) The cottonfield.
(d) Horsehead Landing.

3. Why, at the end of summer, does Brother start to push Doodle so hard in his "training" efforts?
(a) Brother knows that when winter comes, Doodle is likely to be too ill to keep training.
(b) Harvest season is coming and Brother wants Doodle to be strong enough to help this year.
(c) Brother knows that when school starts, Doodle is likely to be too busy to keep training.
(d) School is coming and Doodle does not yet have the physical skills to keep up with other boys.

4. When is the story being told?
(a) Immediately after the events of the story take place.
(b) Some years after the events of the story take place.
(c) At the end of Brother's life.
(d) In the winter, after Doodle dies.

5. 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) Jumps into a puddle in the field and pretends to swim.
(b) Scoops Doodle up and dances with him in the rain.
(c) Raises his fist and curses the weather and the Republican party.
(d) Says a prayer and tells them God will take care of them.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Doodle and Brother do to pass the time when they are out and need to stop walking so that Doodle can rest?

2. How old is Doodle when he begins to try to move himself?

3. When the family sees Doodle struggling to bury the ibis, what is their response?

4. What literary techniques are shown in the phrase, "[I]t lay on the earth like a broken vase of red flowers" (9)?

5. What do Mama and Daddy say about Brother's plan to train Doodle physically?

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