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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Just before they notice the ibis, what does Daddy say he is expecting?
(a) A storm.
(b) A delicious dessert.
(c) A letter from a neighbor who is fighting in the war.
(d) A larger cotton crop than usual.

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

3. After the incident where Brother makes Doodle touch the casket, what does Doodle cry out over and over?
(a) "Am I going to die?"
(b) "Why?"
(c) "I hate you."
(d) "Don't leave me."

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

5. What happens when Brother begins to dance Aunt Nicey around after they reveal that Doodle can walk?
(a) Mama tells him to stop immediately.
(b) Doodle starts to imitate them.
(c) She steps hard on his toe.
(d) Aunt Nicey falls down.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Doodle say when Brother tells him he is going to teach him to walk?

2. What causes Brother to say that Doodle is a "burden in many ways" (3)?

3. What area is the ibis native to?

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

5. When Doodle smiles at Brother for the first time, how does Brother feel?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the narrator make Doodle do in the barn loft, and how does Doodle react?

2. When "Brother" tells Doodle that he is going to teach Doodle to walk, what is Doodle's response?

3. Whenever Doodle wants to quit trying to learn how to walk, how does "Brother" motivate him to keep trying?

4. When the family get excited and try to hug "Brother" for teaching Doodle to walk, how does "Brother" react, and why?

5. How does Daddy react to the hurricane, and what emotions do his reactions cause in his sons?

6. When the narrator finally realizes that he will have to take Doodle everywhere he goes, where does he take Doodle, and what is Doodle's reaction?

7. When the boys are almost ready to show the family that Doodle can walk and they keep hinting that they have a big secret, what does Nicey tell them and what is its thematic significance?

8. What changes in the narrator's life when Daddy makes Doodle a cart?

9. How does Doodle get his nickname?

10. What images of death does the story open with?

(see the answer keys)

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