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

2. How old is Doodle when they reveal to the family that he can walk?
(a) 6.
(b) 4.
(c) 7.
(d) 5.

3. Doodle has an active mind and talks a lot. What is his family's reaction to this?
(a) They make fun of him.
(b) They are jealous of him.
(c) They ignore him.
(d) They suggest that he might become a writer.

4. When Brother says, of the hope they had when they started training, "Success lay at the end of summer like a pot of gold" (7), what should the reader understand from this simile?
(a) Their goal is to achieve something magical.
(b) Their goal is dangerous and they should stop.
(c) Their goal is worth more than gold, to them.
(d) Their goal is an illusion that they will never reach.

5. Where do Doodle and Brother imagine living when they are older?
(a) In a houseboat.
(b) Old Woman Swamp.
(c) In a treehouse.
(d) New York City.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Doodle cry when Brother takes him to see the "only beauty" Brother knows (3)?

2. What area is the ibis native to?

3. When it is clear that the training plan is harming Doodle, why does Brother continue?

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

5. What are Brother and Doodle doing on the day when Doodle cannot keep going and falls to the ground, crying?

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