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

2. 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 places that the family plans to travel in Europe.
(c) They are the names of family members buried in the family graveyard.
(d) They are the neighbor families who have lost children in World War I.

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

4. When Brother picks Doodle up, trying to teach him to walk, and Doodle falls to the ground, what does Doodle say?
(a) "I'll tell Mama."
(b) "I can do it."
(c) "Don't hurt me, Brother."
(d) "I told you so."

5. How old is Doodle when he begins to try to move himself?
(a) 3.
(b) 1.
(c) 2.
(d) 4.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Mama notice about the ibis?

3. What is an "ibis"?

4. What is the first problem the family's crops have in the year that Brother is training Doodle?

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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