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

2. 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?
(a) Their goal is an illusion that they will never reach.
(b) Their goal is dangerous and they should stop.
(c) Their goal is worth more than gold, to them.
(d) Their goal is to achieve something magical.

3. The phrase, "[T]he oriole nest in the elm was untenanted and rocked back and forth like an empty cradle" (1) is an example of which two literary techniques?
(a) Metaphor and personification.
(b) Foreshadowing and personification.
(c) Imagery and metaphor.
(d) Simile and foreshadowing.

4. Where do Doodle and Brother imagine living when they are older?
(a) In a treehouse.
(b) Old Woman Swamp.
(c) New York City.
(d) In a houseboat.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first problem the family's crops have in the year that Brother is training Doodle?

2. Who is the author of "The Scarlet Ibis"?

3. On page 8, when Brother warns Doodle that he will be different from the other boys at school, what is Doodle's reply?

4. What do Doodle and Brother leave to do after lunch?

5. Why does Doodle cry when Brother takes him to see the "only beauty" Brother knows (3)?

(see the answer key)

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