2. Why, at the end of summer, does Brother start to push Doodle so hard in his "training" efforts?
(a) School is coming and Doodle does not yet have the physical skills to keep up with other boys.
(b) Harvest season is coming and Brother wants Doodle to be strong enough to help this year.
(c) Brother knows that when winter comes, Doodle is likely to be too ill to keep training.
(d) Brother knows that when school starts, Doodle is likely to be too busy to keep training.

3. What causes Brother to say that Doodle is a "burden in many ways" (3)?
(a) Brother's friends make fun of Doodle.
(b) Doodle is getting too heavy for Brother to pull in the cart.
(c) Doodle talks almost all the time.
(d) The doctor has made a long list of rules for taking care of Doodle.

4. When does the family finally bring Doodle out to be with the rest of the family?
(a) When the doctor tells them they should.
(b) When he learns to speak.
(c) After he learns to crawl.
(d) When Aunt Nicey insists on it.

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

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

7. How old is Doodle when he begins to try to move himself?
(a) 4.
(b) 2.
(c) 1.
(d) 3.

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

9. 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) Imagery and metaphor.
(c) Foreshadowing and personification.
(d) Metaphor and personification.

10. What is "Brother's" first reaction to Doodle?
(a) Disappointment.
(b) Pity.
(c) Anger.
(d) Excitement.

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

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

13. Why does Brother cry when everyone hugs him for teaching Doodle to walk?
(a) He knows that he did it for the wrong reasons.
(b) He is afraid he might have hurt Doodle and they will find out.
(c) He is so relieved that everything went just right.
(d) He rarely gets the family's attention.

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

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