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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. Who does Doodle suggest that Brother can marry?
(a) Their mother.
(b) Their father.
(c) Their neighbor.
(d) Their aunt.
2. What is "Brother's" first reaction to Doodle?
(a) Disappointment.
(b) Pity.
(c) Anger.
(d) Excitement.
3. 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) Hyperbole.
(d) Euphemism.
4. What is "Doodle" short for?
(a) Cock-a-doodle-doo.
(b) Nothing--it refers to a drawing Doodle did.
(c) Doodlebug.
(d) Yankee Doodle.
5. When Brother finally decides to treat Doodle like a brother, where does he take him for the first time?
(a) The family graveyard.
(b) Horsehead Landing.
(c) The cottonfield.
(d) Old Woman Swamp.
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. Why does Doodle cry when Brother takes him to see the "only beauty" Brother knows (3)?
3. Who claims that dead birds are bad luck?
4. What does Mama mean when she tells Brother that Doodle might not be "all there" (2)?
5. What is an "ibis"?
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