"The Scarlet Ibis" Review
Authored by ABBY DREWERY
English
9th Grade
CCSS covered
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Read the following quote:
"It was in the clove of seasons, summer was dead but autumn had not yet been born, when the ibis lit in the bleeding tree. The flower garden was stained with rotting brown magnolia petals, and ironweeds grew rank amid the purple phlox."
What type of mood is created?
Jovial
Somber
Anxious
Exasperated
Tags
CCSS.RL.9-10.4
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
CCSS.RL.11-12.4
CCSS.RL.6.4
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which of the following quotes does NOT foreshadow what happens to Doodle at the end of the story?
"They named him William Armstrong, which was like tying a big tail on a small kite. Such a name sounds good only on a tombstone."
"Doodle could beat me lying."
"Doodle began to look feverish, and Mama felt his forehead, asking him if he felt ill. At night he didn’t sleep well, and sometimes he had nightmares, crying out until I touched him and said, “Wake up, Doodle. Wake up.”
“Dead birds is bad luck,” said Aunt Nicey, poking her head from the kitchen door. “Specially red dead birds!”
Tags
CCSS.RL.9-10.1
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Read the following quote:
"They named him William Armstrong, which was like tying a big tail on a small kite."
What is ironic about Doodle's real name?
He is named after one of his ancestors
He is named after a disappointment
His name does not fit him
His name is fitting because of his appearance
Tags
CCSS.RL.1.6
CCSS.RL.5.6
CCSS.RL.6.6
CCSS.RL.7.6
CCSS.RL.8.6
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which of the following quotes is a simile from the text?
"Then when the slanted rays of the sun burned orange in the tops of the pines, we’d drop our jewels into the stream and watch them float away toward the sea."
"Keeping a nice secret is very hard to do, like holding your breath."
"That summer, the summer of 1918, was blighted. In May and June there was no rain and the crops withered, curled up, then died under the thirsty sun."
"It was too late to turn back, for we had both wandered too far into a net of expectations and had left no crumbs behind."
Tags
CCSS.RL.8.3
CCSS.RL.7.3
CCSS.RL.9-10.3
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.11-12.3
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which of the following quotes does NOT demonstrate the similarities between Doodle and the scarlet ibis?
“It looks tired,” Daddy added. “Or maybe sick.”
“It lives in the tropics—South America to Florida. A storm must have brought it here.”
"A scarlet ibis! How many miles it had traveled to die like this, in our yard, beneath the bleeding tree."
"Doodle remained kneeling. “I’m going to bury him.”
Tags
CCSS.RL.8.3
CCSS.RL.7.3
CCSS.RL.9-10.3
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.11-12.9
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which quote BEST demonstrates a theme of The Scarlet Ibis?
"Hope no longer hid in the dark palmetto thicket but perched like a cardinal in the lacy toothbrush tree, brilliantly visible."
"Even death did not mar its grace, for it lay on the earth like a broken vase of red flowers, and we stood around it, awed by its exotic beauty."
"I did not know then that pride is a wonderful, terrible thing, a seed that bears two vines, life and death."
"The knowledge that Doodle’s and my plans had come to naught was bitter, and that streak of cruelty within me awakened."
Tags
CCSS.RL.9-10.2
CCSS.RI. 9-10.9
CCSS.RL.11-12.2
CCSS.RL.7.2
CCSS.RL.8.2
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What was the kindest thing Brother ever did for Doodle? (According to him)
Tags
CCSS.RL.1.6
CCSS.RL.5.6
CCSS.RL.6.6
CCSS.RL.7.6
CCSS.RL.8.6
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