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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 area is the ibis native to?
(a) Canada and the American North.
(b) The American South.
(c) South America to Florida
(d) Africa.

2. What do the "strange names" (8) talked about at the family dinner party allude to?
(a) They are the places that the family plans to travel in Europe.
(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 locations of World War I battles.

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

4. Who is the only person who does not like the name "Doodle"?
(a) Mama.
(b) Doodle.
(c) Aunt Nicey.
(d) The doctor.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the "caul" that Doodle is born with?

2. What causes Brother to say that Doodle is a "burden in many ways" (3)?

3. What is Brother's real name?

4. 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?

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

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