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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 is "Brother's" first reaction to Doodle?
(a) Anger.
(b) Disappointment.
(c) Excitement.
(d) Pity.

2. Why does Mama make Brother return to the table when he is trying to get outside to see the ibis?
(a) He was rude to Doodle and she wants him to apologize.
(b) He is not finished eating.
(c) His father was in the middle of saying something to him.
(d) He has knocked over his chair and forgotten to excuse himself.

3. When Mama tells Brother that she is afraid that Doodle might not be "all there," what is Brother's response (2)?
(a) He tells her that they will have to wait and see.
(b) He asks if that is what the doctor said.
(c) He decides to kill Doodle.
(d) He says that he will love Doodle anyway.

4. When does the family finally bring Doodle out to be with the rest of the family?
(a) When Aunt Nicey insists on it.
(b) When the doctor tells them they should.
(c) When he learns to speak.
(d) After he learns to crawl.

5. When Brother says that both he and Doodle believed in his "infallibility" (7), what does he mean that they believe?
(a) That Brother always succeeds.
(b) That Brother can never do anything wrong.
(c) That Brother is kind.
(d) That Brother is a good Christian.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is an "ibis"?

2. What does Brother know is covering the casket that he makes Doodle touch?

3. Where is the ibis perched?

4. When Brother says, of the hope they had when they started training, "Success lay at the end of summer like a pot of gold" (7), what should the reader understand from this simile?

5. What Biblical event does Aunt Nicey mention when the boys tell the family that they have a big surprise for them?

(see the answer key)

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