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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 replaces the tree in the yard?
(a) A grindstone.
(b) A statue.
(c) A shed.
(d) A well.

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

3. What are Brother and Doodle doing on the day when Doodle cannot keep going and falls to the ground, crying?
(a) Rope climbing.
(b) Walking.
(c) Running.
(d) Boxing.

4. What does Brother compare Doodle to when he finds Doodle dead?
(a) Aunt Nicey.
(b) The scarlet ibis.
(c) A crashed kite.
(d) Himself.

5. What does the reader learn about Doodle from his story about Peter?
(a) Doodle secretly hates Brother.
(b) Doodle has a vivid imagination.
(c) Doodle is frightened of going to school.
(d) Doodle is much smarter than Brother.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is the only person who does not expect Doodle to die soon after his birth?

3. When Brother picks Doodle up, trying to teach him to walk, and Doodle falls to the ground, what does Doodle say?

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

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

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