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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. Doodle has an active mind and talks a lot. What is his family's reaction to this?
(a) They are jealous of him.
(b) They suggest that he might become a writer.
(c) They make fun of him.
(d) They ignore him.

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

3. When Brother finally decides to treat Doodle like a brother, where does he take him for the first time?
(a) The cottonfield.
(b) The family graveyard.
(c) Old Woman Swamp.
(d) Horsehead Landing.

4. When Brother says that both he and Doodle believed in his "infallibility" (7), what does he mean that they believe?
(a) That Brother always succeeds.
(b) That Brother is kind.
(c) That Brother is a good Christian.
(d) That Brother can never do anything wrong.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What explanation does Daddy offer for the ibis's behavior?

2. When Brother says, of the hope they had when they started training, "Success lay at the end of summer like a pot of gold" (7), what should the reader understand from this simile?

3. What replaces the tree in the yard?

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

5. The phrase, "[T]he oriole nest in the elm was untenanted and rocked back and forth like an empty cradle" (1) is an example of which two literary techniques?

(see the answer key)

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