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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. 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) They have been thrown away.
(d) In the front room of the house.

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

3. How old is Doodle when he begins to try to move himself?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 1.
(d) 2.

4. In the description of the garden "ironweeds grew rank amid the purple phlox" (1), what does "rank" mean is true about the ironweeds?
(a) They are in orderly rows in between the phlox.
(b) They are taller than the phlox.
(c) They are more important than the phlox.
(d) They are everywhere and possibly also smell bad.

5. What is the first problem the family's crops have in the year that Brother is training Doodle?
(a) Floods.
(b) Frost.
(c) Insects.
(d) Drought.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Brother picks Doodle up, trying to teach him to walk, and Doodle falls to the ground, what does Doodle say?

2. Doodle has an active mind and talks a lot. What is his family's reaction to this?

3. Just before they notice the ibis, what does Doodle contradict Brother about?

4. Who is the author of "The Scarlet Ibis"?

5. When Brother says that "the flood of childish spite evanesced" (11), what is he saying happened?

(see the answer key)

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