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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 1" "The Scarlet Ibis".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is "Doodle" short for?
(a) Doodlebug.
(b) Nothing--it refers to a drawing Doodle did.
(c) Cock-a-doodle-doo.
(d) Yankee Doodle.

2. What does Brother compare Doodle to when he finds Doodle dead?
(a) Himself.
(b) A crashed kite.
(c) The scarlet ibis.
(d) Aunt Nicey.

3. When Brother picks Doodle up, trying to teach him to walk, and Doodle falls to the ground, what does Doodle say?
(a) "I'll tell Mama."
(b) "Don't hurt me, Brother."
(c) "I can do it."
(d) "I told you so."

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

5. 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 everywhere and possibly also smell bad.
(b) They are more important than the phlox.
(c) They are taller than the phlox.
(d) They are in orderly rows in between the phlox.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Brother say causes him to run home during the storm?

2. Where is the ibis perched?

3. When Doodle first begins to move, how does Mama feel?

4. When Brother says that both he and Doodle believed in his "infallibility" (7), what does he mean that they believe?

5. In the first sentence of the story, what meaning does "clove" have in "It was in the clove of seasons" (1)?

(see the answer key)

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