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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is an "ibis"?
(a) A fish.
(b) A flower.
(c) A type of tree.
(d) A bird.

2. What replaces the tree in the yard?
(a) A grindstone.
(b) A well.
(c) A shed.
(d) A statue.

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

4. 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?
(a) Metaphor.
(b) Hyperbole.
(c) Foreshadowing.
(d) Sarcasm.

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

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

7. Who is the first to see the ibis?
(a) Daddy.
(b) Brother.
(c) Doodle.
(d) Aunt Nicey.

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

9. How does the family react when the boys reveal that Doodle can walk?
(a) They are overjoyed.
(b) They insist that the family all pray together.
(c) They worry about the danger it puts Doodle in.
(d) They refuse to believe it is really happening.

10. When Brother comments that "Hope no longer hid in the dark palmetto thicket but perched like a cardinal in the lacy toothbrush tree, brilliantly visible" (3), what two literary techniques are being used?
(a) Personification and simile.
(b) Irony and understatement.
(c) Hyperbole and sarcasm.
(d) Metaphor and imagery.

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

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

13. Who is the author of "The Scarlet Ibis"?
(a) William Armstrong.
(b) Sara Teasdale.
(c) James Hurst.
(d) Robert Graves.

14. When Doodle first begins to move, how does Mama feel?
(a) Apathetic.
(b) Puzzled.
(c) Overjoyed.
(d) Anxious.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where are Doodle's cart and coffin in the time when this story is being told?

2. What is it reasonable to assume the flower necklaces floating away toward the sea at the end of the day might symbolize?

3. What do Doodle and Brother do to pass the time when they are out and need to stop walking so that Doodle can rest?

4. Just before they notice the ibis, what does Daddy say he is expecting?

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

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