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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 says that both he and Doodle believed in his "infallibility" (7), what does he mean that they believe?
(a) That Brother is a good Christian.
(b) That Brother can never do anything wrong.
(c) That Brother is kind.
(d) That Brother always succeeds.

2. When it is clear that the training plan is harming Doodle, why does Brother continue?
(a) He is young and excited.
(b) He secretly wants to hurt Doodle.
(c) His own pride.
(d) He promised Aunt Nicey.

3. 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?
(a) Personification.
(b) Euphemism.
(c) Understatement.
(d) Hyperbole.

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

5. 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 more important than the phlox.
(b) They are everywhere and possibly also smell bad.
(c) They are taller than the phlox.
(d) They are in orderly rows in between the phlox.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the ibis perched?

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

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

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

5. What does Mama notice about the ibis?

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