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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 replaces the tree in the yard?
(a) A grindstone.
(b) A well.
(c) A statue.
(d) A shed.

2. What is the "caul" that Doodle is born with?
(a) A red, bird-shaped birthmark.
(b) A full head of hair.
(c) A piece of the sac that protected him before he was born.
(d) A hand that is curved like a hook.

3. Who is the first to see the ibis?
(a) Doodle.
(b) Aunt Nicey.
(c) Brother.
(d) Daddy.

4. What does Brother say causes him to run home during the storm?
(a) Cruelty.
(b) Disappointment.
(c) Fear.
(d) Shame.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who uses a book to find the name of the ibis?

2. What area is the ibis native to?

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

4. When Brother comments that "Hope no longer hid in the dark palmetto thicket but perched like a cardinal in the lacy toothbrush tree, brilliantly visible" (3), what two literary techniques are being used?

5. What kind of tree is in Brother's yard when he is a child?

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