WorksheetsScarlet Ibis Content Review
Total questions: 8
Worksheet time: 4mins
What was wrong with Doodle when he was little?
He had a hard time breathing
He couldn't walk
His heart was weak
All the other answers combined
Why did Doodle's bother want to help him?
He was ashamed of Doodle's disabilities
He promised his father he would
He is altruistic and likes to help people
He wanted Doodle to run a marathon
Doodle most likely has a strong reaction to the deah of the ibis because:
it is very beautiful so it's death is tragic
it is lost in the world and has nowhere to go
he can relate to it's uniqueness and struggles
he relates to it's special abilities and talents
An ibis is not something that has the same meaning in other stories, therefore it is a(n):
simile
literary symbol
allegory
universal symbol
Which of the following is the BEST example of foreshadowing from the story?
The family and their reaction to Doodle's accomplishments
The doctor's prediction about Doodle's life
Doodle's real name looking good on a tombstone
The training regime the narrator puts together for Doodle
Symbolically, why is the go-cart a lot like the coffin?
It is something he uses early in the story to help himself
It's storage in the attic shows he has overcome it
They both represent how he died as a baby
It is one of the few things Doodle can call his own
The author claims this story is about WWI and the war raging between brothers in Europe, it is:
an epic
a public symbol
an allegory
an invented symbol
True or False: It is dramatic irony when the ibis dies.
True
False
