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. 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) Metaphor and personification.
(c) Imagery and metaphor.
(d) Foreshadowing and personification.

2. What evidence is there that Brother is pushing Doodle too hard?
(a) Doodle talks less and seems confused at times.
(b) Doodle becomes feverish and has nightmares.
(c) Doodle begins to have trouble breathing.
(d) Doodle begins to have nose bleeds.

3. Who is the only person who does not expect Doodle to die soon after his birth?
(a) Daddy.
(b) Mama.
(c) Brother.
(d) Aunt Nicey.

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

5. Why does Brother cry when everyone hugs him for teaching Doodle to walk?
(a) He knows that he did it for the wrong reasons.
(b) He is so relieved that everything went just right.
(c) He is afraid he might have hurt Doodle and they will find out.
(d) He rarely gets the family's attention.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Doodle and Brother imagine living when they are older?

2. Why, at the end of summer, does Brother start to push Doodle so hard in his "training" efforts?

3. What is an "ibis"?

4. What is "Doodle" short for?

5. Why does Brother think that it is a good thing for Doodle to have a silly name?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the family's reaction to Doodle when he is born?

2. When they are eating lunch on the day the ibis appears, what argument are the brothers having?

3. How does Doodle get his nickname?

4. How does Doodle die?

5. What future do "Brother" and Doodle imagine for themselves at Old Woman Sawmp?

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

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

8. When Doodle and "Brother" take up telling one another stories to pass the time, what story does Doodle tell?

9. What changes in the narrator's life when Daddy makes Doodle a cart?

10. How does "Brother" go about teaching Doodle to walk?

(see the answer keys)

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