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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 does Brother motivate Doodle to keep trying to learn to walk?
(a) He tells him that their mother and father will love him more if he can walk.
(b) He reminds Doodle of how hard he worked to learn to crawl.
(c) He shames him by making him imagine being an old man pulled around in a cart.
(d) He tells Doodle that other boys will make fun of him if he cannot walk.

2. What literary techniques are shown in the phrase, "[I]t lay on the earth like a broken vase of red flowers" (9)?
(a) Symbolism, flashback, and euphemism.
(b) Imagery, foreshadowing, and simile.
(c) Imagery, metaphor, and allegory.
(d) Metaphor, allusion, and symbolism.

3. At first, Daddy is upset by the hurricane and looks defeated. What does he do that makes Brother and Doodle think that things will be all right?
(a) Jumps into a puddle in the field and pretends to swim.
(b) Scoops Doodle up and dances with him in the rain.
(c) Raises his fist and curses the weather and the Republican party.
(d) Says a prayer and tells them God will take care of them.

4. What is Brother's real name?
(a) James Hurst.
(b) It is never given.
(c) William Armstrong.
(d) Robert Graves.

5. The phrase, "[T]he oriole nest in the elm was untenanted and rocked back and forth like an empty cradle" (1) is an example of which two literary techniques?
(a) Simile and foreshadowing.
(b) Metaphor and personification.
(c) Imagery and metaphor.
(d) Foreshadowing and personification.

Short Answer Questions

1. Doodle has an active mind and talks a lot. What is his family's reaction to this?

2. When, on page 8, Brother says that they kept working with "doggedness," what does he mean?

3. How does the family react when the boys reveal that Doodle can walk?

4. Why does Brother treat Doodle roughly when he first starts taking him outside in his cart?

5. What is the swamp near their house called?

(see the answer key)

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