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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who does Doodle suggest that Brother can marry?
(a) Their mother.
(b) Their neighbor.
(c) Their father.
(d) Their aunt.

3. 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.

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

5. What does Doodle say when Brother tells him he is going to teach him to walk?
(a) He will try.
(b) It is not a good idea.
(c) That he cannot walk.
(d) Thank you.

6. Who gives Doodle his nickname?
(a) Aunt Nicey.
(b) Daddy.
(c) Mama.
(d) Brother.

7. Why does Brother treat Doodle roughly when he first starts taking him outside in his cart?
(a) He wants Doodle to stop asking to come with him.
(b) He is still trying to hurt Doodle because Doodle embarrasses him.
(c) He is too young to understand how delicate Doodle is.
(d) Doodle annoys him by asking constant questions.

8. How does Brother respond to Doodle's love for natural beauty?
(a) He gets Doodle art supplies so that he can paint flowers.
(b) He takes Doodle to Old Woman Swamp over and over.
(c) He gets Doodle a book full of pictures of flowers.
(d) He decides to teach Doodle to swim.

9. What evidence is there that Brother is pushing Doodle too hard?
(a) Doodle begins to have nose bleeds.
(b) Doodle becomes feverish and has nightmares.
(c) Doodle talks less and seems confused at times.
(d) Doodle begins to have trouble breathing.

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

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

12. When the family sees Doodle struggling to bury the ibis, what is their response?
(a) They laugh at him.
(b) They feel sad.
(c) Mama sends Brother out to help him.
(d) Daddy calls to Doodle to stop and come inside.

13. 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) Hyperbole and sarcasm.
(b) Irony and understatement.
(c) Personification and simile.
(d) Metaphor and imagery.

14. What does the reader learn about Doodle from his story about Peter?
(a) Doodle has a vivid imagination.
(b) Doodle secretly hates Brother.
(c) Doodle is frightened of going to school.
(d) Doodle is much smarter than Brother.

15. Just before they notice the ibis, what does Doodle contradict Brother about?
(a) He says that they are done with his physical training.
(b) He says that he heard a rain-frog.
(c) He says that he will be ready to help harvest the cotton.
(d) He says that the other boys in school will not care if he is different.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Mama tells Brother that she is afraid that Doodle might not be "all there," what is Brother's response (2)?

2. How does the family react when the boys reveal that Doodle can walk?

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. What does Mama mean when she tells Brother that Doodle might not be "all there" (2)?

5. What does Brother know is covering the casket that he makes Doodle touch?

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