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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 is the first to see the ibis?
(a) Brother.
(b) Aunt Nicey.
(c) Doodle.
(d) Daddy.

2. When Brother finally decides to treat Doodle like a brother, where does he take him for the first time?
(a) The family graveyard.
(b) The cottonfield.
(c) Old Woman Swamp.
(d) Horsehead Landing.

3. How old is Doodle when he begins to try to move himself?
(a) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) 1.
(d) 2.

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

5. What is the narrative point of view of "The Scarlet Ibis"?
(a) Third person omniscient.
(b) Third person limited.
(c) First person.
(d) Second person.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the description of the garden "ironweeds grew rank amid the purple phlox" (1), what does "rank" mean is true about the ironweeds?

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

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?

4. When Brother says that both he and Doodle believed in his "infallibility" (7), what does he mean that they believe?

5. Why, at the end of summer, does Brother start to push Doodle so hard in his "training" efforts?

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