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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the "strange names" (8) talked about at the family dinner party allude to?
(a) They are the places that the family plans to travel in Europe.
(b) They are the locations of World War I battles.
(c) They are the names of family members buried in the family graveyard.
(d) They are the neighbor families who have lost children in World War I.

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

3. What does Brother know is covering the casket that he makes Doodle touch?
(a) Bird droppings.
(b) Spiderwebs.
(c) Poison.
(d) Cockroaches.

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

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

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

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

8. In the description of the garden "ironweeds grew rank amid the purple phlox" (1), what does "rank" mean is true about the ironweeds?
(a) They are in orderly rows in between the phlox.
(b) They are everywhere and possibly also smell bad.
(c) They are taller than the phlox.
(d) They are more important than the phlox.

9. 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?
(a) Their goal is an illusion that they will never reach.
(b) Their goal is worth more than gold, to them.
(c) Their goal is dangerous and they should stop.
(d) Their goal is to achieve something magical.

10. Who is the only person who does not expect Doodle to die soon after his birth?
(a) Daddy.
(b) Aunt Nicey.
(c) Mama.
(d) Brother.

11. Where do Doodle and Brother imagine living when they are older?
(a) New York City.
(b) In a houseboat.
(c) In a treehouse.
(d) Old Woman Swamp.

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

13. 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.

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

15. What do Mama and Daddy say about Brother's plan to train Doodle physically?
(a) They do not know about it.
(b) They forbid it.
(c) They think that they should ask the doctor first.
(d) They think it is a good idea.

Short Answer Questions

1. When it is clear that the training plan is harming Doodle, why does Brother continue?

2. How old is Doodle when he begins to try to move himself?

3. What is Doodle's real name?

4. When is the story being told?

5. When Brother asks "What are the words that can solder cracked pride?" (11), what is he comparing words to?

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