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

2. Where do Doodle and Brother imagine living when they are older?
(a) In a houseboat.
(b) In a treehouse.
(c) Old Woman Swamp.
(d) New York City.

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

4. What is the "caul" that Doodle is born with?
(a) A red, bird-shaped birthmark.
(b) A piece of the sac that protected him before he was born.
(c) A hand that is curved like a hook.
(d) A full head of hair.

5. Why does Doodle cry when Brother takes him to see the "only beauty" Brother knows (3)?
(a) Because he loves Brother.
(b) Because he has never seen flowers before.
(c) Because his life is too hard.
(d) Because it is pretty.

Short Answer Questions

1. What explanation does Daddy offer for the ibis's behavior?

2. How does Brother motivate Doodle to keep trying to learn to walk?

3. What is it reasonable to assume the flower necklaces floating away toward the sea at the end of the day might symbolize?

4. 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?

5. When Brother asks "What are the words that can solder cracked pride?" (11), what is he comparing words to?

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