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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 do Doodle and Brother leave to do after lunch?
(a) Go rowing at Horsehead Landing.
(b) Box at Old Woman Swamp.
(c) Climb vines at Old Woman Swamp.
(d) Search to see if they can find the ibis's mate.

2. What are Doodle's last words?
(a) "Don't hurt me!"
(b) "Don't leave me!"
(c) "I told you."
(d) "I love you."

3. On page 8, when Brother warns Doodle that he will be different from the other boys at school, what is Doodle's reply?
(a) "Does it make any difference?"
(b) "I will still have you."
(c) "I won't go to school, then."
(d) "Everyone is different, somehow."

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When, on page 8, Brother says that they kept working with "doggedness," what does he mean?

2. When Brother picks Doodle up, trying to teach him to walk, and Doodle falls to the ground, what does Doodle say?

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

4. What does the doctor say about Doodle trying to move around?

5. Why does Brother treat Doodle roughly when he first starts taking him outside in his cart?

(see the answer key)

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