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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 does Daddy have Mr. Heath make for Doodle?
(a) A casket.
(b) A special bed.
(c) A wheelchair.
(d) A cart.

2. Why, at the end of summer, does Brother start to push Doodle so hard in his "training" efforts?
(a) Brother knows that when school starts, Doodle is likely to be too busy to keep training.
(b) Harvest season is coming and Brother wants Doodle to be strong enough to help this year.
(c) Brother knows that when winter comes, Doodle is likely to be too ill to keep training.
(d) School is coming and Doodle does not yet have the physical skills to keep up with other boys.

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) Understatement.
(b) Personification.
(c) Euphemism.
(d) Hyperbole.

4. When Brother finally decides to treat Doodle like a brother, where does he take him for the first time?
(a) The family graveyard.
(b) The cottonfield.
(c) Horsehead Landing.
(d) Old Woman Swamp.

5. What explanation does Daddy offer for the ibis's behavior?
(a) It does not seem to be able to see very well.
(b) It is tired, or sick.
(c) The bird is far from its usual habitat.
(d) It has been injured by the storm.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mama notice about the ibis?

2. How does Brother motivate Doodle to keep trying to learn to walk?

3. Why does Brother treat Doodle roughly when he first starts taking him outside in his cart?

4. When Brother says, of the hope they had when they started training, "Success lay at the end of summer like a pot of gold" (7), what should the reader understand from this simile?

5. Who does Doodle suggest that Brother can marry?

(see the answer key)

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