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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. On page 8, when Brother warns Doodle that he will be different from the other boys at school, what is Doodle's reply?
(a) "I will still have you."
(b) "Everyone is different, somehow."
(c) "Does it make any difference?"
(d) "I won't go to school, then."

3. 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?
(a) Simile and foreshadowing.
(b) Foreshadowing and personification.
(c) Imagery and metaphor.
(d) Metaphor and personification.

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

5. Why does Mama make Brother return to the table when he is trying to get outside to see the ibis?
(a) He was rude to Doodle and she wants him to apologize.
(b) He is not finished eating.
(c) His father was in the middle of saying something to him.
(d) He has knocked over his chair and forgotten to excuse himself.

6. What is the narrative point of view of "The Scarlet Ibis"?
(a) Third person limited.
(b) Second person.
(c) Third person omniscient.
(d) First person.

7. Where are Doodle's cart and coffin in the time when this story is being told?
(a) Still in the loft in the barn.
(b) They have been thrown away.
(c) In the front room of the house.
(d) They were buried with Doodle.

8. What does Daddy have Mr. Heath make for Doodle?
(a) A cart.
(b) A special bed.
(c) A wheelchair.
(d) A casket.

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

10. What explanation does Daddy offer for the ibis's behavior?
(a) It does not seem to be able to see very well.
(b) The bird is far from its usual habitat.
(c) It has been injured by the storm.
(d) It is tired, or sick.

11. In what year does Brother train Doodle?
(a) 1914.
(b) 1916.
(c) 1918.
(d) 1912.

12. When Brother says that "the flood of childish spite evanesced" (11), what is he saying happened?
(a) He could see through the trees to where Doodle lay on the ground.
(b) His pride was like a flood of water.
(c) His anger went away.
(d) The storm started to break.

13. What are Brother and Doodle doing on the day when Doodle cannot keep going and falls to the ground, crying?
(a) Running.
(b) Walking.
(c) Boxing.
(d) Rope climbing.

14. What draws the family's attention to the ibis?
(a) A croaking noise.
(b) The sound of its wings.
(c) The loud reaction of their chickens.
(d) A flash of red.

15. What is the first problem the family's crops have in the year that Brother is training Doodle?
(a) Frost.
(b) Insects.
(c) Floods.
(d) Drought.

Short Answer Questions

1. When is the story being told?

2. Why does Brother cry when everyone hugs him for teaching Doodle to walk?

3. When does the family finally bring Doodle out to be with the rest of the family?

4. How old is Doodle when they reveal to the family that he can walk?

5. When, on page 8, Brother says that they kept working with "doggedness," what does he mean?

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