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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. How old is Doodle when they reveal to the family that he can walk?
(a) 4.
(b) 6.
(c) 5.
(d) 7.

2. What do Doodle and Brother do to pass the time when they are out and need to stop walking so that Doodle can rest?
(a) They imagine their future together.
(b) They make up stories.
(c) They practice throwing a ball.
(d) They take turns reading to each other.

3. On what does Brother blame his cruelty toward Doodle?
(a) The unfair burden of having to take care of his brother.
(b) His embarrassment and shame due to Doodle's disability.
(c) His own nature and his love for Doodle.
(d) His jealousy of Doodle's happy temperment.

4. What is "Doodle" short for?
(a) Yankee Doodle.
(b) Doodlebug.
(c) Nothing--it refers to a drawing Doodle did.
(d) Cock-a-doodle-doo.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Doodle say when Brother tells him he is going to teach him to walk?

2. Who gives Doodle his nickname?

3. How does the ibis die?

4. When Brother says that the smell of the graveyard flowers is coming through their windows and "speaking softy the names of our dead" (1), this is an example of which literary technique?

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

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