The Scarlet Ibis Accelerated Quiz

What does prim mean?

• Neat and trim
• Gloomy;slow
• An inability to makeerrors

What does blighted mean?

• Too ill to live a normal life
• suffering from disease that keeps growth from happening
• To swell or rise

What does sullen mean?

• About to happen
• Gloomy;slow
• To lounge; to recline in a relaxed way

What does precarious mean?

• In a dangerous or unstable way
• To say over and over again
• To move from side to side in an uncontrolledmanner

Look at the first paragraph in the story. What mood is created at the beginning of this story? Write down two pieces of text that help set this mood.

Symbolically connect Doodle to the Scarlet Ibis. First, give three specific similarities that prove the author wanted us to see a connection between the boy and the bird. Then, explain the message of the writer. What larger point was he trying to make to the reader?

Hurst doesn’t clearly state the cause of Doodle’s death. Given the events that occur toward the end of the story, what do you suppose actually caused Doodle’s death? What role, if any, do you think Brother played in Doodle’s demise?

We don’t know the narrator’s name and refer to him only as “Brother.” Why, do you suppose, the author chose to leave his narrator unnamed? How does this impact the reader’s experience?