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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 Brother asks "What are the words that can solder cracked pride?" (11), what is he comparing words to?
(a) The paste that holds bricks together.
(b) The metal used in welding.
(c) A salesperson in a store.
(d) A person in the army.

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

3. When is the story being told?
(a) At the end of Brother's life.
(b) In the winter, after Doodle dies.
(c) Immediately after the events of the story take place.
(d) Some years after the events of the story take place.

4. When Brother says that the smell of the graveyard flowers is coming through their windows and "speaking softy the names of our dead" (1), this is an example of which literary technique?
(a) Understatement.
(b) Personification.
(c) Euphemism.
(d) Hyperbole.

5. What does Doodle say when Brother tells him he is going to teach him to walk?
(a) He will try.
(b) Thank you.
(c) It is not a good idea.
(d) That he cannot walk.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Mama and Daddy say about Brother's plan to train Doodle physically?

2. What are Brother and Doodle doing on the day when Doodle cannot keep going and falls to the ground, crying?

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

4. Who gives Doodle his nickname?

5. What area is the ibis native to?

(see the answer key)

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