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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. How old is Doodle when they reveal to the family that he can walk?
(a) 4.
(b) 5.
(c) 7.
(d) 6.
2. Where is the ibis perched?
(a) On the roof of the house.
(b) On the grindstone.
(c) In the loft of the barn.
(d) In the bleeding tree.
3. Where are Doodle's cart and coffin in the time when this story is being told?
(a) In the front room of the house.
(b) They have been thrown away.
(c) Still in the loft in the barn.
(d) They were buried with Doodle.
4. When Brother says that "the flood of childish spite evanesced" (11), what is he saying happened?
(a) The storm started to break.
(b) His pride was like a flood of water.
(c) His anger went away.
(d) He could see through the trees to where Doodle lay on the ground.
5. In the description of the garden "ironweeds grew rank amid the purple phlox" (1), what does "rank" mean is true about the ironweeds?
(a) They are in orderly rows in between the phlox.
(b) They are everywhere and possibly also smell bad.
(c) They are taller than the phlox.
(d) They are more important than the phlox.
6. What does the reader learn about Doodle from his story about Peter?
(a) Doodle has a vivid imagination.
(b) Doodle is frightened of going to school.
(c) Doodle secretly hates Brother.
(d) Doodle is much smarter than Brother.
7. What replaces the tree in the yard?
(a) A statue.
(b) A shed.
(c) A well.
(d) A grindstone.
8. On what does Brother blame his cruelty toward Doodle?
(a) His embarrassment and shame due to Doodle's disability.
(b) His jealousy of Doodle's happy temperment.
(c) His own nature and his love for Doodle.
(d) The unfair burden of having to take care of his brother.
9. 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) Simile and foreshadowing.
(b) Foreshadowing and personification.
(c) Imagery and metaphor.
(d) Metaphor and personification.
10. After the incident where Brother makes Doodle touch the casket, what does Doodle cry out over and over?
(a) "Am I going to die?"
(b) "Don't leave me."
(c) "I hate you."
(d) "Why?"
11. What is Brother's real name?
(a) It is never given.
(b) James Hurst.
(c) Robert Graves.
(d) William Armstrong.
12. When Doodle smiles at Brother for the first time, how does Brother feel?
(a) Happy and excited.
(b) Suspicious and numb.
(c) Confused and worried.
(d) Sad and angry.
13. Who uses a book to find the name of the ibis?
(a) Doodle.
(b) Daddy.
(c) Aunt Nicey.
(d) Mama.
14. What explanation does Daddy offer for the ibis's behavior?
(a) It does not seem to be able to see very well.
(b) It has been injured by the storm.
(c) It is tired, or sick.
(d) The bird is far from its usual habitat.
15. What is "Brother's" first reaction to Doodle?
(a) Excitement.
(b) Pity.
(c) Disappointment.
(d) Anger.
Short Answer Questions
1. 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?
2. What is "Doodle" short for?
3. On page 8, when Brother warns Doodle that he will be different from the other boys at school, what is Doodle's reply?
4. What literary techniques are shown in the phrase, "[I]t lay on the earth like a broken vase of red flowers" (9)?
5. What is the narrative point of view of "The Scarlet Ibis"?
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