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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. What literary techniques are shown in the phrase, "[I]t lay on the earth like a broken vase of red flowers" (9)?
(a) Metaphor, allusion, and symbolism.
(b) Imagery, metaphor, and allegory.
(c) Imagery, foreshadowing, and simile.
(d) Symbolism, flashback, and euphemism.

2. What is Brother's real name?
(a) William Armstrong.
(b) James Hurst.
(c) It is never given.
(d) Robert Graves.

3. When Brother comments that "Hope no longer hid in the dark palmetto thicket but perched like a cardinal in the lacy toothbrush tree, brilliantly visible" (3), what two literary techniques are being used?
(a) Personification and simile.
(b) Metaphor and imagery.
(c) Hyperbole and sarcasm.
(d) Irony and understatement.

4. Why does Brother treat Doodle roughly when he first starts taking him outside in his cart?
(a) He wants Doodle to stop asking to come with him.
(b) Doodle annoys him by asking constant questions.
(c) He is too young to understand how delicate Doodle is.
(d) He is still trying to hurt Doodle because Doodle embarrasses him.

5. What is it reasonable to assume the flower necklaces floating away toward the sea at the end of the day might symbolize?
(a) The beauty of Brother and Doodle's relationship.
(b) The brief nature of youth and innocence.
(c) The danger of Doodle's trust in Brother.
(d) The ease with which nature can be harmed.

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. What are Brother and Doodle doing on the day when Doodle cannot keep going and falls to the ground, crying?

3. What deadline do Doodle and Brother set for Doodle's physical training?

4. In the first sentence of the story, what meaning does "clove" have in "It was in the clove of seasons" (1)?

5. What do the "strange names" (8) talked about at the family dinner party allude to?

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