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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 is the ibis perched?
(a) On the grindstone.
(b) On the roof of the house.
(c) In the loft of the barn.
(d) In the bleeding tree.

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

3. Why does Brother cry when everyone hugs him for teaching Doodle to walk?
(a) He rarely gets the family's attention.
(b) He knows that he did it for the wrong reasons.
(c) He is afraid he might have hurt Doodle and they will find out.
(d) He is so relieved that everything went just right.

4. In the description of the garden "ironweeds grew rank amid the purple phlox" (1), what does "rank" mean is true about the ironweeds?
(a) They are more important than the phlox.
(b) They are taller than the phlox.
(c) They are everywhere and possibly also smell bad.
(d) They are in orderly rows in between the phlox.

5. When is the story being told?
(a) At the end of Brother's life.
(b) Some years after the events of the story take place.
(c) Immediately after the events of the story take place.
(d) In the winter, after Doodle dies.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Doodle and Brother leave to do after lunch?

2. What draws the family's attention to the ibis?

3. What is the first problem the family's crops have in the year that Brother is training Doodle?

4. Who is the author of "The Scarlet Ibis"?

5. Who is the only person who does not expect Doodle to die soon after his birth?

(see the answer key)

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