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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. What area is the ibis native to?
(a) Canada and the American North.
(b) The American South.
(c) South America to Florida
(d) Africa.

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

3. When Brother says that the smell of the graveyard flowers is coming through their windows and "speaking softy the names of our dead" (1), this is an example of which literary technique?
(a) Personification.
(b) Understatement.
(c) Hyperbole.
(d) Euphemism.

4. Why, at the end of summer, does Brother start to push Doodle so hard in his "training" efforts?
(a) Harvest season is coming and Brother wants Doodle to be strong enough to help this year.
(b) Brother knows that when school starts, Doodle is likely to be too busy to keep training.
(c) Brother knows that when winter comes, Doodle is likely to be too ill to keep training.
(d) School is coming and Doodle does not yet have the physical skills to keep up with other boys.

5. What do Mama and Daddy say about Brother's plan to train Doodle physically?
(a) They think that they should ask the doctor first.
(b) They forbid it.
(c) They think it is a good idea.
(d) They do not know about it.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Mama make Brother return to the table when he is trying to get outside to see the ibis?

2. Who is the first to see the ibis?

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. What does the doctor say about Doodle trying to move around?

5. Why does Brother cry when everyone hugs him for teaching Doodle to walk?

(see the answer key)

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