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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 are Doodle's last words?
(a) "Don't hurt me!"
(b) "I told you."
(c) "I love you."
(d) "Don't leave me!"

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

3. On page 8, when Brother warns Doodle that he will be different from the other boys at school, what is Doodle's reply?
(a) "Does it make any difference?"
(b) "I will still have you."
(c) "I won't go to school, then."
(d) "Everyone is different, somehow."

4. 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) Hyperbole and sarcasm.
(c) Irony and understatement.
(d) Metaphor and imagery.

5. Where is the ibis perched?
(a) On the grindstone.
(b) In the loft of the barn.
(c) In the bleeding tree.
(d) On the roof of the house.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How old is Doodle when he begins to try to move himself?

3. When the family sees Doodle struggling to bury the ibis, what is their response?

4. On what does Brother blame his cruelty toward Doodle?

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

(see the answer key)

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