Scarlet Ibis Quiz 2

Throughout the story, Doodle seems to be most fearful of

• lightning and thunder.

• drowning.

• dying at a young age.

• being left alone.

The narrator looks back on his relationship with his brother and regrets the way he treated him. What type of conflict is this?

• person vs society

• person vs person

• person vs self

• person vs nature

Once the narrator finds Doodle dead, he runs to get his mother and father for help.

• True

• False

Why does Doodle bury the scarlet ibis?

• his dad tells him to do it

• the narrator makes him do it

• he can't eat cobbler until the bird is buried

• he feels compassion toward the bird

As an adult, the narrator believes that his behavior toward Doodle was controlled mainly by feelings of 

• pity
• love
• pride
• meanness

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Doodle's reactions to the scarlet ibis suggest that he is unusually 

• strange
• sensitive
• superstitious 
• knowledgeable

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The scarlet ibis symbolizes Doodle in that both the child and the bird are...

• able to move very quickly
• trying to learn to fly
• rare, beautiful and fragile
• very fond of being outside

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A theme of this story is that

• brothers are natural allies against the world.

• family relations are more important than relations between friends.

• people sometimes cause harm even to those they love and try to help.

• nature plays mean tricks on humans.

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The storm that brings in the scarlet ibis represents

• increasing conflict to come later in the story. 
• the bad weather in North Carolina, where the story takes place. 
• that hurricane season is quickly approaching. 
• how exotic birds often flock according to the seasons. 

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Aunt Nicey is a woman who

• has a lot of faith and hope.

• does not think children born with a caul are worth the time of day.

• abandoned her religion after Doodle was born.

• convinced the rest of the family that Doodle would eventually die.