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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. Where are Doodle's cart and coffin in the time when this story is being told?
(a) Still in the loft in the barn.
(b) In the front room of the house.
(c) They were buried with Doodle.
(d) They have been thrown away.

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

3. When does the family finally bring Doodle out to be with the rest of the family?
(a) When Aunt Nicey insists on it.
(b) When the doctor tells them they should.
(c) When he learns to speak.
(d) After he learns to crawl.

4. Doodle has an active mind and talks a lot. What is his family's reaction to this?
(a) They make fun of him.
(b) They ignore him.
(c) They suggest that he might become a writer.
(d) They are jealous of him.

5. What is "Doodle" short for?
(a) Yankee Doodle.
(b) Nothing--it refers to a drawing Doodle did.
(c) Doodlebug.
(d) Cock-a-doodle-doo.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Brother treat Doodle roughly when he first starts taking him outside in his cart?

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. What does Daddy have Mr. Heath make for Doodle?

5. When is the story being told?

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