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

2. When the family sees Doodle struggling to bury the ibis, what is their response?
(a) They laugh at him.
(b) They feel sad.
(c) Mama sends Brother out to help him.
(d) Daddy calls to Doodle to stop and come inside.

3. The sentence "Mama once said, 'And bless the Pearsons, whose boy Joe was lost at Belleau Wood'" (8) is an example of which literary technique?
(a) Hyperbole.
(b) Foreshadowing.
(c) Sarcasm.
(d) Metaphor.

4. What do the "strange names" (8) talked about at the family dinner party allude to?
(a) They are the neighbor families who have lost children in World War I.
(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 names of family members buried in the family graveyard.

5. What does the doctor say about Doodle trying to move around?
(a) It is good for him.
(b) It means he is in pain.
(c) It is surprising.
(d) It could kill him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Doodle and Brother do to pass the time when they are out and need to stop walking so that Doodle can rest?

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

3. When Doodle smiles at Brother for the first time, how does Brother feel?

4. When Brother says that both he and Doodle believed in his "infallibility" (7), what does he mean that they believe?

5. What literary techniques are shown in the phrase, "[I]t lay on the earth like a broken vase of red flowers" (9)?

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