Question 1

The narrator's desire to help Doodle walk are motivated by all of the following except

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family

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pride

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safety

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insecurity

Question 2

What do the graveyard flowers at the beginning of the story foreshadow?

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There will most likely be a death.

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The cemetery hired a new florist.

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It is the best time of the year to plant a garden.

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The narrator loved to grow things.

Question 3

Doodle's go cart (wagon) symbolizes everything EXCEPT

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his freedom and independence

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the burden his brother deals with

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his disability

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his family's ability to adapt to his situation

Question 4

What does the scarlet ibis symbolize?

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Doodle

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Aunty Nicey

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Hope

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The narrator

Question 5

All of the following are examples of foreshadowing in "The Scarlet Ibis" EXCEPT

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Doodle learning to walk.

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The ibis dying.

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The narrator saying that Doodle's real name would sound good on a tombstone.

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The story beginning with mention of rotting flowers and death.

Question 6

What is Doodle's real name?

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William Armstrong

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Scarlet Armstrong

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Nicey Armstrong

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Doodle Armstrong

Question 7

What is wrong with Doodle?

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He has some medical condition

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He is not smart

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He is too tall

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He's not "all there"

Question 8

Doodle being referred to as a scarlet ibis at the end of the story is an example of

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metaphor

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simile

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literal language

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thesis

Question 9

What made the narrator decide that Doodle was mentally healthy?

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Doodle smiled

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Doodle crawled

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Doodle rolled over

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Doodle cried

Question 10

What did the narrator make Doodle do in the barn?

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Touch the mahogany casket

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Climb the ladder to the loft

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Get down from the loft on his own

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Hide behind a screech owl's nest

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