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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 happens when Brother begins to dance Aunt Nicey around after they reveal that Doodle can walk?
(a) She steps hard on his toe.
(b) Doodle starts to imitate them.
(c) Mama tells him to stop immediately.
(d) Aunt Nicey falls down.

2. What draws the family's attention to the ibis?
(a) A flash of red.
(b) A croaking noise.
(c) The loud reaction of their chickens.
(d) The sound of its wings.

3. What does the reader learn about Doodle from his story about Peter?
(a) Doodle is much smarter than Brother.
(b) Doodle is frightened of going to school.
(c) Doodle has a vivid imagination.
(d) Doodle secretly hates Brother.

4. What do the "strange names" (8) talked about at the family dinner party allude to?
(a) They are the locations of World War I battles.
(b) They are the names of family members buried in the family graveyard.
(c) They are the neighbor families who have lost children in World War I.
(d) They are the places that the family plans to travel in Europe.

5. What do Doodle and Brother leave to do after lunch?
(a) Climb vines at Old Woman Swamp.
(b) Box at Old Woman Swamp.
(c) Go rowing at Horsehead Landing.
(d) Search to see if they can find the ibis's mate.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Doodle first begins to move, how does Mama feel?

2. What is "Brother's" first reaction to Doodle?

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

4. Who uses a book to find the name of the ibis?

5. The phrase, "[T]he oriole nest in the elm was untenanted and rocked back and forth like an empty cradle" (1) is an example of which two literary techniques?

(see the answer key)

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