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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 claims that dead birds are bad luck?
(a) Aunt Nicey.
(b) Daddy.
(c) Doodle.
(d) Mama.

2. On page 8, when Brother warns Doodle that he will be different from the other boys at school, what is Doodle's reply?
(a) "Everyone is different, somehow."
(b) "Does it make any difference?"
(c) "I will still have you."
(d) "I won't go to school, then."

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

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

5. When Brother says that "the flood of childish spite evanesced" (11), what is he saying happened?
(a) He could see through the trees to where Doodle lay on the ground.
(b) His pride was like a flood of water.
(c) The storm started to break.
(d) His anger went away.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. At first, Daddy is upset by the hurricane and looks defeated. What does he do that makes Brother and Doodle think that things will be all right?

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?

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

5. How old is Doodle when they reveal to the family that he can walk?

(see the answer key)

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