The Scarlet Ibis By James Hurst
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Answer the questions on the The Scarlet Ibis by James Hurst.
- 1.Resentfully; gloomily
- A.
Serene
- B.
Sullenly
- C.
Precariously
- D.
Infallibilty
- 2.Near; about to happen
- A.
Reiterated
- B.
Imminent
- C.
Mar
- 3.Rainbowlike; displaying a shifting range of colors
- A.
Iridescent
- B.
Reiterated
- C.
Blighted
- 4.Peaceful; calm
- A.
Infallibility
- B.
Doggedness
- C.
Serene
- 5.Inability to make a mistake
- A.
Infallibility
- B.
Precariously
- C.
Sullenly
- 6.Used as suffering from conditions that destroy or prevent growth
- A.
Precariously
- B.
Mar
- C.
Blighted
- 7.Stubbornness; persistence
- A.
Infallibility
- B.
Doggedness
- C.
Iridescent
- 8.Repeated
- A.
Reiterated
- B.
Stubborness
- C.
Damged
- 9.Unsteadily; insecurely
- A.
Precariously
- B.
Create
- C.
Dangerously
- 10.Damage; spoil
- A.
Comparision
- B.
Fresh
- C.
Mar
- 11.Figurative language helps you see familiar things in new ways.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 12.A comparison between two dissimular things linked by a word such as like, as, or resembles.
- A.
Simile
- B.
Metaphor
- 13.Which of the following are recurring symbols in "The Scarlet Ibis"?
- A.
Bird
- B.
Flowers
- C.
Bees
- D.
Tombstones
- 14.The description of Doodle's last summer as "blighted" foreshadows
- A.
Doodle's birth
- B.
Doodle's coming death
- C.
The scarlet ibis
- D.
Life in the South
- 15.The scarlet ibis symbolizes Doodle in that both the child and bird are
- A.
Able to move very quickly
- B.
Trying to learn to fly
- C.
Rare, beautiful, and fragile
- D.
Very fond of being ouside
- 16.The setting of the story as presented in the opening paragraph could best be described as
- A.
Sad and suggestive of death
- B.
Cheerful and suggestive of life
- C.
Peaceful and suggestive of heaven
- D.
Haunted and suggestive of danger
- 17.Which of these details is not an example of foreshadowing in the story?
- A.
"Don't hurt me, Brother,' he warned."
- B.
"The oriole nest... rocked back and forth like an empty cradle"
- C.
"The oriole nest... rocked back and forth like an empty cradle."
- D.
"keeping a nice secret is very hard to do..."
- 18.What does this simile indicate?They named him William Armstong, which was like trying a big tail on a small kite.
- A.
The baby's abilities are amazing.
- B.
Babies do not need decoration.
- C.
The baby's name is too grand.
- D.
Coming up with names is tricky.
- 19.Whuich of following sentences contain a simile?
- A.
He collapsed onto the grass like a half- empty flour sack.
- B.
For the first he became one of us.
- C.
He was a burden in many ways.
- D.
Familly, I could see I was licked.
- 20.Which of the following sentences contains a simile?
- A.
The flower garden was brown.
- B.
A grindstone stands where the bleeding tree stood.
- C.
The oriole nest rocked back and forth like an empty cradle.
- D.
The pale fence across the yard stands straight.
- 21.Tony stared ______ out the window. He was unhappy about the weather.
- A.
Imminent
- B.
Sullenly
- C.
Serene
- 22.The vacation brochure had showed ___________ lake, calm and blue.
- A.
Blighted
- B.
Mar
- C.
Serene
- 23.Another photograph featured a waterfall that sparkled, ___________ and coloful.
- A.
Iridescent
- B.
Imminent
- C.
Reiterated
- 24.Here, however, Tony saw nothing but a ______ landscape, brown, bare, and damp.
- A.
Blighted
- B.
Precariously
- C.
Mar
- 25.He said to the empty room, "Nothing is going to _______ my vacation! I'm going to enjoy myself, rain or shine."
- A.
Doggedness
- B.
Mar
- C.
Infallibility
- 26.The themes of the Scalet Ibis are
- A.
Conflict between Love and Pride and The Desire to Make over Others in One's Own Image
- B.
Conflict between Love and Hate and Jealousy
- 27.Where does The Scarlet Ibis take place?
- A.
The Scarlet Ibis" is set in and around Brother's family home in the American North.
- B.
The Scarlet Ibis" is set in and around Brother's family home in the American South.
- 28.The protagonist and the main character in The Scarlet Ibis was
- A.
Mom
- B.
Brother
- C.
Dad
- 29.The Scarlet Ibis takes place during
- A.
Civil War
- B.
World War I I
- C.
World War I
- 30.Who wrote The Scarlet Ibis
- A.
By O. Henry
- B.
By James Hurst
- C.
By Roald Dahl
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