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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 is "Doodle" short for?
(a) Nothing--it refers to a drawing Doodle did.
(b) Yankee Doodle.
(c) Cock-a-doodle-doo.
(d) Doodlebug.

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

3. What is "Brother's" first reaction to Doodle?
(a) Excitement.
(b) Anger.
(c) Disappointment.
(d) Pity.

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

5. How does Brother motivate Doodle to keep trying to learn to walk?
(a) He tells him that their mother and father will love him more if he can walk.
(b) He tells Doodle that other boys will make fun of him if he cannot walk.
(c) He reminds Doodle of how hard he worked to learn to crawl.
(d) He shames him by making him imagine being an old man pulled around in a cart.

Short Answer Questions

1. Just before they notice the ibis, what does Doodle contradict Brother about?

2. At first, Daddy is upset by the hurricane and looks defeated. What does he do that makes Brother and Doodle think that things will be all right?

3. What is it reasonable to assume the flower necklaces floating away toward the sea at the end of the day might symbolize?

4. 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?

5. What happens when Brother begins to dance Aunt Nicey around after they reveal that Doodle can walk?

(see the answer key)

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