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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 Mama tells Brother that she is afraid that Doodle might not be "all there," what is Brother's response (2)?
(a) He tells her that they will have to wait and see.
(b) He asks if that is what the doctor said.
(c) He decides to kill Doodle.
(d) He says that he will love Doodle anyway.

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

3. Just before they notice the ibis, what does Doodle contradict Brother about?
(a) He says that he will be ready to help harvest the cotton.
(b) He says that he heard a rain-frog.
(c) He says that the other boys in school will not care if he is different.
(d) He says that they are done with his physical training.

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

5. How does the ibis die?
(a) It dies of natural causes.
(b) One of the family's cats attacks it.
(c) Brother shoots it.
(d) Daddy shoots it.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where do Doodle and Brother imagine living when they are older?

3. Who is the only person who does not like the name "Doodle"?

4. When Brother picks Doodle up, trying to teach him to walk, and Doodle falls to the ground, what does Doodle say?

5. When Doodle first begins to move, how does Mama feel?

(see the answer key)

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