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The Scarlet Ibis Comprehension Quiz

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  • Q1
    The narrator's desire to help Doodle walk are motivated by all of the following except
    pride
    family
    safety
    insecurity
    30s
  • Q2
    What do the graveyard flowers at the beginning of the story foreshadow?
    The cemetery hired a new florist.
    It is the best time of the year to plant a garden.
    The narrator loved to grow things.
    There will most likely be a death.
    30s
  • Q3
    Doodle's go cart (wagon) symbolizes everything EXCEPT
    the burden his brother deals with
    his disability
    his family's ability to adapt to his situation
    his freedom and independence
    30s
  • Q4
    What does the scarlet ibis symbolize?
    Aunty Nicey
    Doodle
    Hope
    The narrator
    30s
  • Q5
    All of the following are examples of foreshadowing in "The Scarlet Ibis" EXCEPT
    The ibis dying.
    The narrator saying that Doodle's real name would sound good on a tombstone.
    The story beginning with mention of rotting flowers and death.
    Doodle learning to walk.
    30s
  • Q6
    What is Doodle's real name?
    Scarlet Armstrong
    William Armstrong
    Nicey Armstrong
    Doodle Armstrong
    30s
  • Q7
    What is wrong with Doodle?
    He is not smart
    He is too tall
    He's not "all there"
    He has some medical condition
    30s
  • Q8
    Doodle being referred to as a scarlet ibis at the end of the story is an example of
    simile
    metaphor
    literal language
    thesis
    30s
  • Q9
    What made the narrator decide that Doodle was mentally healthy?
    Doodle crawled
    Doodle smiled
    Doodle rolled over
    Doodle cried
    30s
  • Q10
    What did the narrator make Doodle do in the barn?
    Touch the mahogany casket
    Climb the ladder to the loft
    Get down from the loft on his own
    Hide behind a screech owl's nest
    30s

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