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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. In the place name "Horsehead Landing," what does the word "landing" mean?
(a) The annual size of a catch of fish from a particular body of water.
(b) A flat place between two flights of stairs.
(c) A dock or other place for boats to transfer people and cargo to land.
(d) A place where planes touch down.

2. What is the first problem the family's crops have in the year that Brother is training Doodle?
(a) Drought.
(b) Frost.
(c) Insects.
(d) Floods.

3. When the family sees Doodle struggling to bury the ibis, what is their response?
(a) They laugh at him.
(b) They feel sad.
(c) Daddy calls to Doodle to stop and come inside.
(d) Mama sends Brother out to help him.

4. On what does Brother blame his cruelty toward Doodle?
(a) His jealousy of Doodle's happy temperment.
(b) His embarrassment and shame due to Doodle's disability.
(c) His own nature and his love for Doodle.
(d) The unfair burden of having to take care of his brother.

5. What replaces the tree in the yard?
(a) A well.
(b) A grindstone.
(c) A shed.
(d) A statue.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are Brother and Doodle doing on the day when Doodle cannot keep going and falls to the ground, crying?

2. What do the "strange names" (8) talked about at the family dinner party allude to?

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. Why, at the end of summer, does Brother start to push Doodle so hard in his "training" efforts?

5. Where is the ibis perched?

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