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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. The phrase, "[T]he oriole nest in the elm was untenanted and rocked back and forth like an empty cradle" (1) is an example of which two literary techniques?
(a) Foreshadowing and personification.
(b) Metaphor and personification.
(c) Imagery and metaphor.
(d) Simile and foreshadowing.

2. What do Doodle and Brother do to pass the time when they are out and need to stop walking so that Doodle can rest?
(a) They make up stories.
(b) They practice throwing a ball.
(c) They take turns reading to each other.
(d) They imagine their future together.

3. Who claims that dead birds are bad luck?
(a) Doodle.
(b) Daddy.
(c) Mama.
(d) Aunt Nicey.

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

5. Why does Doodle cry when Brother takes him to see the "only beauty" Brother knows (3)?
(a) Because his life is too hard.
(b) Because he loves Brother.
(c) Because it is pretty.
(d) Because he has never seen flowers before.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Brother motivate Doodle to keep trying to learn to walk?

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

3. Who is the only person who does not like the name "Doodle"?

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

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

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