The Scarlet Ibis Test | Final Test - Medium

James Hurst
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 85 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The Scarlet Ibis Test | Final Test - Medium

James Hurst
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 85 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the first problem the family's crops have in the year that Brother is training Doodle?
(a) Drought.
(b) Insects.
(c) Floods.
(d) Frost.

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

3. In the first sentence of the story, what meaning does "clove" have in "It was in the clove of seasons" (1)?
(a) A dried flower bud that is also a spice.
(b) The space between the two parts of an animal's hoof.
(c) One section of a bulb of garlic.
(d) The past tense of "cleave."

4. 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 were buried with Doodle.
(c) Still in the loft in the barn.
(d) They have been thrown away.

5. What area is the ibis native to?
(a) Africa.
(b) The American South.
(c) Canada and the American North.
(d) South America to Florida

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Mama and Daddy say about Brother's plan to train Doodle physically?

2. When the family sees Doodle struggling to bury the ibis, what is their response?

3. What does Brother compare Doodle to when he finds Doodle dead?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. When Mama tells "Brother" that Doodle might be mentally disabled, what does "Brother" plan to do, and what changes his mind?

2. How old is Doodle when he learns to walk, and why is his age relevant to him learning to walk?

3. When the narrator finally realizes that he will have to take Doodle everywhere he goes, where does he take Doodle, and what is Doodle's reaction?

4. In what ways is the summer of 1918 hard on the family's crops?

5. When school is getting closer, at the end of the summer, how is Doodle doing with his physical training, and what is the result?

6. How does Daddy react to the hurricane, and what emotions do his reactions cause in his sons?

7. Where is the grindstone and what is its symbolic meaning?

8. When the family get excited and try to hug "Brother" for teaching Doodle to walk, how does "Brother" react, and why?

9. How does Doodle get his nickname?

10. When Doodle learns to walk, where does the family put his cart, and why is this symbolically appropriate?

(see the answer keys)

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