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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 Biblical event does Aunt Nicey mention when the boys tell the family that they have a big surprise for them?
(a) Adam and Eve eating the apple.
(b) The Flood.
(c) Noah being swallowed by a "great fish."
(d) The Resurrection.

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

3. Who is the only person who does not expect Doodle to die soon after his birth?
(a) Aunt Nicey.
(b) Brother.
(c) Mama.
(d) Daddy.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is "Doodle" short for?

2. 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?

3. What kind of tree is in Brother's yard when he is a child?

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

5. What does Brother compare Doodle to when he finds Doodle dead?

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