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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. 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) After he learns to crawl.
(d) When he learns to speak.

2. Where are Doodle's cart and coffin in the time when this story is being told?
(a) Still in the loft in the barn.
(b) In the front room of the house.
(c) They have been thrown away.
(d) They were buried with Doodle.

3. What area is the ibis native to?
(a) Africa.
(b) South America to Florida
(c) The American South.
(d) Canada and the American North.

4. When the family sees Doodle struggling to bury the ibis, what is their response?
(a) They feel sad.
(b) Mama sends Brother out to help him.
(c) They laugh at him.
(d) Daddy calls to Doodle to stop and come inside.

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?
(a) Hyperbole and sarcasm.
(b) Metaphor and imagery.
(c) Irony and understatement.
(d) Personification and simile.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. At what time of year is Doodle finally ready to show the family that he can walk?

3. What evidence is there that Brother is pushing Doodle too hard?

4. Why does Brother cry when everyone hugs him for teaching Doodle to walk?

5. Just before they notice the ibis, what does Doodle contradict Brother about?

(see the answer key)

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