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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 is Doodle's real name?
(a) William Armstrong.
(b) James Hurst.
(c) It is never given.
(d) Robert Graves.

2. How old is Doodle when they reveal to the family that he can walk?
(a) 5.
(b) 6.
(c) 4.
(d) 7.

3. How does Brother motivate Doodle to keep trying to learn to walk?
(a) He tells Doodle that other boys will make fun of him if he cannot walk.
(b) He shames him by making him imagine being an old man pulled around in a cart.
(c) He tells him that their mother and father will love him more if he can walk.
(d) He reminds Doodle of how hard he worked to learn to crawl.

4. What is Brother's real name?
(a) Robert Graves.
(b) It is never given.
(c) James Hurst.
(d) William Armstrong.

5. What happens when Brother begins to dance Aunt Nicey around after they reveal that Doodle can walk?
(a) Doodle starts to imitate them.
(b) Aunt Nicey falls down.
(c) She steps hard on his toe.
(d) Mama tells him to stop immediately.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Brother says that both he and Doodle believed in his "infallibility" (7), what does he mean that they believe?

2. What kind of tree is in Brother's yard when he is a child?

3. When Brother finally decides to treat Doodle like a brother, where does he take him for the first time?

4. What does Mama notice about the ibis?

5. 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?

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