The Scarlet Ibis

Where do the brothers spend most of their time?

• Old Woman Swamp

• The barn

• In the yard

• inside the house

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

How did the author describe the season at the time of writing?

• "Winter was almost here"

• "Spring has almost sprung"

• "Summer was dead, but Autumn had not yet been born"

• "Autumn is a second Spring when every leaf is a flower"

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

What is in place where the bleeding tree was or used to be when the narrator begins to tell his story?

• The Scarlet Ibis

• a grindstone

• a coffin

• Old Woman Swamp

Who was Doodle and when was he born?

• the family dog, when the narrator was 2

• the narrator, during a hurricane

• the narrator's brother, when the narrator was 6

• the narrator's pet hamster, when the narrator was 6

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

What was wrong with Doodle?

• he was born crippled, and possibly "not right in the head"

• he couldn't swim, and could not talk

• he fell in Old Woman Swamp

• he believed he was possessed

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

What was Doodle's real name?

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

What did the narrator originally plan to do to Doodle, and what happened when he was going to carry it out?

• teach him to walk, Doodle died

• bury him in the coffin, his dad stopped him

• teach him to swim, the weather turned violent

• smother him with a pillow, Doodle smiled or grinned at him

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

What did Doodle learn to do when he was 2 years old?

• walk

• talk

• crawl

• swim

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Who named him "Doodle," and why?

• the narrator, because it rhymed with noodle

• his aunt, because he crawled like a doodle bug

• the narrator, because he crawled like a doodle bug

• his mother, because she thought the name was cute

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

Who were the members of the family in the story?

• the narrator, Mama, Daddy, Aunt Nicey, and Doodle (William Armstrong)

• the Scarlet Ibis, the narrator, Mama, Daddy, and Doodle

• Doodle and the narrator

• Mama and Daddy

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4