The Scarlet Ibis Review

In “The Scarlet Ibis,” why is the narrator’s brother three months old before he is named?

• His parents cannot agree on a name.

• It is traditional to wait three months before naming a baby.

• Everybody thinks that the baby will die.

• The baby first has to be baptized in the church

In “The Scarlet Ibis,” with which character is the bird in the story’s title symbolically associated?

• the narrator

• Mama

• Aunt Nicey

• Doodle

What is the main lesson of the relationship of the two brothers in "The Scarlet Ibis"?

• how to appreciate a brother or sister

• how to design a lying contest

• how to teach someone to walk

• how to teasee a brother or sister

Who or what is the main symbol in "The Scarlet Ibis"?

• Doodle

• death

• the scarlet ibis

• the seasons

The inciting incident of the story happens when

• Doodle is named William Armstrong.

• Doodle crawls backwards.

• Aunt Nicey says Doodle will live.

• Brother realizes Doodle is born with physical challenges and he is ashamed of him.

The internal conflict comes from Brother's...

• cruelty.

• pride.

• guilt.

• All of these are correct

How does the author emphasize the beauty of the setting?

• Alliteration - "We were down in Old Woman Swamp and it was spring and the sick-sweet smell of bay flowers hung everywhere like a mournful song."

• Simile-"Keeping a nice secret is very hard to do, like holding your breath."

• Hyperbole- "We danced together quite well until she came down on my big toe with her brogans, hurting me so badly, I thought I was crippled for life."

• Oxymoron- "I did not know then that pride is a wonderful, terrible thing"

Once Doodle has learned to walk, what motivates the narrator to persist with Doodle’s development program?

• his belief in his own infallibility

• his belief in Doodle’s infallibility

• his sympathy for Doodle

• his defiance for his parents

Which passage from “The Scarlet Ibis” best illustrates a feeling of triumph?

• . . . I put him on his feet at least a hundred times each afternoon.

• “And before I’ll help you down from the loft, you’re going to have to touch it.”

• Finally, I could see I was licked. Doodle was my brother and he was going to cling to me forever.

• There wasn’t a sound as Doodle walked slowly across the room and sat down at his place at the table.

In “The Scarlet Ibis,” how does the weather contribute to the atmosphere, or mood?

• The weather creates a mood of confinement.

• The weather seems reliable and reassuring.

• The weather seems threatening and unpredictable.

• The weather creates a feeling of lightheartedness.