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

2. In the place name "Horsehead Landing," what does the word "landing" mean?
(a) A dock or other place for boats to transfer people and cargo to land.
(b) The annual size of a catch of fish from a particular body of water.
(c) A flat place between two flights of stairs.
(d) A place where planes touch down.

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

4. 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?
(a) Hyperbole.
(b) Metaphor.
(c) Sarcasm.
(d) Foreshadowing.

5. Who uses a book to find the name of the ibis?
(a) Doodle.
(b) Daddy.
(c) Aunt Nicey.
(d) Mama.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the reader learn about Doodle from his story about Peter?

2. What is the first problem the family's crops have in the year that Brother is training Doodle?

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

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

5. What is Brother's real name?

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