Test: Scarlet Ibis

True or False? A symbol is a person, animal, place, object, or activity that stands for something beyond itself. For example, sometimes an eagle stands for freedom or a four-leaf clover stands for luck.

• True
• False

Select two of the following symbols in the text.

• Scarlet Ibis represents death and parallels Doodle being weak and fragile
• Coffin represents that Doodle will not live for very long due to his mental and physical disabilities
• Doodle and the brother enjoying time at Old Woman Swamp

Identify the literary term that best matches the definition: "A message that the author shows or tells it's readers."

• foreshadowing
• irony
• theme

True or false? An inference is when writers show you what characters say or do. It is an educated guess from the reader.

• True
• False

What is a scarlet ibis?

• A tropical bird
• A car
• The name of a cruise

What makes the scarlet ibis the coral/red color?

• Eating tacos
• Eating shrimp
• Mixing red and white paint together

True or False? A bleeding tree is a tree that has red sap or liquid from inside the tree.

• True
• False

Select the synonym that best describes the word, "exotic."

• ordinary
• comfortable
• unusual

The narrator describes the bird, "precariously" balancing on the tree limb. Select the synonym for "precariously."

• cleaverly
• dangerously
• foolishly

Select the synonym that best describes the word, "infallibility."

• clumsiness
• perfection
• risk-taking