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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. 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) Understatement.
(b) Hyperbole.
(c) Personification.
(d) Euphemism.

2. What does Brother compare Doodle to when he finds Doodle dead?
(a) The scarlet ibis.
(b) Aunt Nicey.
(c) A crashed kite.
(d) Himself.

3. What kind of tree is in Brother's yard when he is a child?
(a) One with cloudy sap.
(b) One with red flowers.
(c) One with medicinal bark.
(d) One with thorns.

4. When Brother picks Doodle up, trying to teach him to walk, and Doodle falls to the ground, what does Doodle say?
(a) "I can do it."
(b) "I'll tell Mama."
(c) "I told you so."
(d) "Don't hurt me, Brother."

5. What do Doodle and Brother leave to do after lunch?
(a) Climb vines at Old Woman Swamp.
(b) Box at Old Woman Swamp.
(c) Go rowing at Horsehead Landing.
(d) Search to see if they can find the ibis's mate.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mama mean when she tells Brother that Doodle might not be "all there" (2)?

2. What evidence is there that Brother is pushing Doodle too hard?

3. What does Brother say causes him to run home during the storm?

4. What does the reader learn about Doodle from his story about Peter?

5. In the description of the garden "ironweeds grew rank amid the purple phlox" (1), what does "rank" mean is true about the ironweeds?

(see the answer key)

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