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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. What happens when Brother begins to dance Aunt Nicey around after they reveal that Doodle can walk?
(a) She steps hard on his toe.
(b) Aunt Nicey falls down.
(c) Mama tells him to stop immediately.
(d) Doodle starts to imitate them.
2. 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) Foreshadowing and personification.
(b) Imagery and metaphor.
(c) Metaphor and personification.
(d) Simile and foreshadowing.
3. Just before they notice the ibis, what does Doodle contradict Brother about?
(a) He says that he heard a rain-frog.
(b) He says that they are done with his physical training.
(c) He says that the other boys in school will not care if he is different.
(d) He says that he will be ready to help harvest the cotton.
4. On page 8, when Brother warns Doodle that he will be different from the other boys at school, what is Doodle's reply?
(a) "Does it make any difference?"
(b) "I won't go to school, then."
(c) "Everyone is different, somehow."
(d) "I will still have you."
5. What is the narrative point of view of "The Scarlet Ibis"?
(a) Third person omniscient.
(b) First person.
(c) Third person limited.
(d) Second person.
Short Answer Questions
1. What Biblical event does Aunt Nicey mention when the boys tell the family that they have a big surprise for them?
2. Just before they notice the ibis, what does Daddy say he is expecting?
3. How old is Doodle when he begins to try to move himself?
4. Why does Brother think that it is a good thing for Doodle to have a silly name?
5. 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?
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