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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 Brother asks "What are the words that can solder cracked pride?" (11), what is he comparing words to?
(a) The paste that holds bricks together.
(b) The metal used in welding.
(c) A person in the army.
(d) A salesperson in a store.

2. What deadline do Doodle and Brother set for Doodle's physical training?
(a) They want to be done by Christmas.
(b) They want to be done by the time Doodle starts school.
(c) They want to be done by springtime.
(d) They want to be done by Doodle's seventh birthday.

3. 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) Irony and understatement.
(c) Personification and simile.
(d) Metaphor and imagery.

4. What are Doodle's last words?
(a) "Don't hurt me!"
(b) "Don't leave me!"
(c) "I love you."
(d) "I told you."

5. Just before they notice the ibis, what does Daddy say he is expecting?
(a) A larger cotton crop than usual.
(b) A delicious dessert.
(c) A letter from a neighbor who is fighting in the war.
(d) A storm.

Short Answer Questions

1. What causes Brother to say that Doodle is a "burden in many ways" (3)?

2. When Brother finally decides to treat Doodle like a brother, where does he take him for the first time?

3. How does the ibis die?

4. What does Mama notice about the ibis?

5. In the place name "Horsehead Landing," what does the word "landing" mean?

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