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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. How does the family react when the boys reveal that Doodle can walk?
(a) They insist that the family all pray together.
(b) They are overjoyed.
(c) They refuse to believe it is really happening.
(d) They worry about the danger it puts Doodle in.

2. When Doodle first begins to move, how does Mama feel?
(a) Puzzled.
(b) Overjoyed.
(c) Apathetic.
(d) Anxious.

3. In what year does Brother train Doodle?
(a) 1918.
(b) 1914.
(c) 1912.
(d) 1916.

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

5. What is Doodle's real name?
(a) Robert Graves.
(b) James Hurst.
(c) It is never given.
(d) William Armstrong.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Mama make Brother return to the table when he is trying to get outside to see the ibis?

2. Even though it seems hopeless, why does Brother say he keeps trying to teach Doodle to walk?

3. Where are Doodle's cart and coffin in the time when this story is being told?

4. On what does Brother blame his cruelty toward Doodle?

5. Who claims that dead birds are bad luck?

(see the answer key)

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