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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. After the incident where Brother makes Doodle touch the casket, what does Doodle cry out over and over?
(a) "Why?"
(b) "Am I going to die?"
(c) "I hate you."
(d) "Don't leave me."

2. When Brother asks "What are the words that can solder cracked pride?" (11), what is he comparing words to?
(a) The metal used in welding.
(b) A salesperson in a store.
(c) A person in the army.
(d) The paste that holds bricks together.

3. At what time of year is Doodle finally ready to show the family that he can walk?
(a) Harvest time.
(b) Midsummer.
(c) Planting time.
(d) Midwinter.

4. What does Mama mean when she tells Brother that Doodle might not be "all there" (2)?
(a) Doodle might be intellectually disabled.
(b) Doodle might be missing a limb.
(c) Doodle might have a mental illness.
(d) Doodle might have to go live in a hospital.

5. When, on page 8, Brother says that they kept working with "doggedness," what does he mean?
(a) They worked slowly and methodically.
(b) They worked with determination and persistence.
(c) They worked playfully and happily.
(d) They worked beyond the point that is reasonable.

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 is "Brother's" first reaction to Doodle?

3. 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?

4. What happens when Brother begins to dance Aunt Nicey around after they reveal that Doodle can walk?

5. The sentence "Mama once said, 'And bless the Pearsons, whose boy Joe was lost at Belleau Wood'" (8) is an example of which literary technique?

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