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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of tree is in Brother's yard when he is a child?
(a) One with medicinal bark.
(b) One with thorns.
(c) One with cloudy sap.
(d) One with red flowers.

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

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

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 Aunt Nicey insists on it.
(c) When he learns to speak.
(d) After he learns to crawl.

5. What does Brother say causes him to run home during the storm?
(a) Cruelty.
(b) Disappointment.
(c) Shame.
(d) Fear.

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

7. At what time of year is Doodle finally ready to show the family that he can walk?
(a) Midsummer.
(b) Midwinter.
(c) Harvest time.
(d) Planting time.

8. How does the ibis die?
(a) Brother shoots it.
(b) One of the family's cats attacks it.
(c) It dies of natural causes.
(d) Daddy shoots it.

9. What area is the ibis native to?
(a) The American South.
(b) South America to Florida
(c) Canada and the American North.
(d) Africa.

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

11. 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 the other boys in school will not care if he is different.
(c) He says that he will be ready to help harvest the cotton.
(d) He says that they are done with his physical training.

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

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

14. Even though it seems hopeless, why does Brother say he keeps trying to teach Doodle to walk?
(a) Pity.
(b) Anger.
(c) Pride.
(d) Love.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. What do Doodle and Brother leave to do after lunch?

3. On page 8, when Brother warns Doodle that he will be different from the other boys at school, what is Doodle's reply?

4. What does Mama notice about the ibis?

5. At first, Daddy is upset by the hurricane and looks defeated. What does he do that makes Brother and Doodle think that things will be all right?

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