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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Doodle say when Brother tells him he is going to teach him to walk?
(a) Thank you.
(b) He will try.
(c) That he cannot walk.
(d) It is not a good idea.

3. Where do Doodle and Brother imagine living when they are older?
(a) In a treehouse.
(b) Old Woman Swamp.
(c) New York City.
(d) In a houseboat.

4. What area is the ibis native to?
(a) Africa.
(b) South America to Florida
(c) The American South.
(d) Canada and the American North.

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

6. 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 practice throwing a ball.
(c) They take turns reading to each other.
(d) They make up stories.

7. When the family sees Doodle struggling to bury the ibis, what is their response?
(a) Daddy calls to Doodle to stop and come inside.
(b) They feel sad.
(c) Mama sends Brother out to help him.
(d) They laugh at him.

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

9. What does the doctor say about Doodle trying to move around?
(a) It means he is in pain.
(b) It is good for him.
(c) It is surprising.
(d) It could kill him.

10. When Doodle first begins to move, how does Mama feel?
(a) Overjoyed.
(b) Anxious.
(c) Apathetic.
(d) Puzzled.

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

12. What is an "ibis"?
(a) A bird.
(b) A flower.
(c) A type of tree.
(d) A fish.

13. In what year does Brother train Doodle?
(a) 1912.
(b) 1918.
(c) 1914.
(d) 1916.

14. What are Brother and Doodle doing on the day when Doodle cannot keep going and falls to the ground, crying?
(a) Running.
(b) Rope climbing.
(c) Walking.
(d) Boxing.

15. What does Brother compare Doodle to when he finds Doodle dead?
(a) Himself.
(b) Aunt Nicey.
(c) The scarlet ibis.
(d) A crashed kite.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where are Doodle's cart and coffin in the time when this story is being told?

2. What does Brother know is covering the casket that he makes Doodle touch?

3. What is the "caul" that Doodle is born with?

4. How does the family react when the boys reveal that Doodle can walk?

5. After the incident where Brother makes Doodle touch the casket, what does Doodle cry out over and over?

(see the answer keys)

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