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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 aunt.
(b) Their mother.
(c) Their father.
(d) Their neighbor.

2. On page 8, when Brother warns Doodle that he will be different from the other boys at school, what is Doodle's reply?
(a) "I will still have you."
(b) "Everyone is different, somehow."
(c) "Does it make any difference?"
(d) "I won't go to school, then."

3. What does Mama mean when she tells Brother that Doodle might not be "all there" (2)?
(a) Doodle might have to go live in a hospital.
(b) Doodle might be missing a limb.
(c) Doodle might have a mental illness.
(d) Doodle might be intellectually disabled.

4. Who uses a book to find the name of the ibis?
(a) Aunt Nicey.
(b) Mama.
(c) Daddy.
(d) Doodle.

5. Why does Doodle cry when Brother takes him to see the "only beauty" Brother knows (3)?
(a) Because his life is too hard.
(b) Because it is pretty.
(c) Because he has never seen flowers before.
(d) Because he loves Brother.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What are Doodle's last words?

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?

4. What does Brother say causes him to run home during the storm?

5. When Brother comments that "Hope no longer hid in the dark palmetto thicket but perched like a cardinal in the lacy toothbrush tree, brilliantly visible" (3), what two literary techniques are being used?

(see the answer key)

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