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

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

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

4. Who is the only person who does not expect Doodle to die soon after his birth?
(a) Daddy.
(b) Aunt Nicey.
(c) Mama.
(d) Brother.

5. In the description of the garden "ironweeds grew rank amid the purple phlox" (1), what does "rank" mean is true about the ironweeds?
(a) They are taller than the phlox.
(b) They are more important than the phlox.
(c) They are everywhere and possibly also smell bad.
(d) They are in orderly rows in between the phlox.

Short Answer Questions

1. What Biblical event does Aunt Nicey mention when the boys tell the family that they have a big surprise for them?

2. Where are Doodle's cart and coffin in the time when this story is being told?

3. What do the "strange names" (8) talked about at the family dinner party allude to?

4. When is the story being told?

5. What is an "ibis"?

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