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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. 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 in orderly rows in between the phlox.
(b) They are more important than the phlox.
(c) They are taller than the phlox.
(d) They are everywhere and possibly also smell bad.

2. 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) Metaphor.
(c) Foreshadowing.
(d) Sarcasm.

3. What is it reasonable to assume the flower necklaces floating away toward the sea at the end of the day might symbolize?
(a) The beauty of Brother and Doodle's relationship.
(b) The brief nature of youth and innocence.
(c) The danger of Doodle's trust in Brother.
(d) The ease with which nature can be harmed.

4. What is the "caul" that Doodle is born with?
(a) A hand that is curved like a hook.
(b) A piece of the sac that protected him before he was born.
(c) A red, bird-shaped birthmark.
(d) A full head of hair.

5. In what year does Brother train Doodle?
(a) 1912.
(b) 1918.
(c) 1914.
(d) 1916.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Brother respond to Doodle's love for natural beauty?

2. What does Mama notice about the ibis?

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

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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