“THE SCARLET IBIS” TEST REVIEW
***VOCABULARY***
A.
RANK
B.
AMID
C.
DRIFTED
D.
GRINDSTONE
E.
BILLOWED
1.
I tied my little boat to the dock with a rope. Someone cut the rope and my sailboat
____________________ away. I was furious!
2.
I don’t know how long that milk has been on the counter, but it smells really _______________.
3.
Sometimes high school students get a bad rap. Although there are some kids who are rude
and dishonest in every high school, I think there are very few of them ________________ the
students at Westside.
4.
His tools were dull and needed to be sharpened, so he borrowed his neighbor’s
________________________________.
5.
My mother put our sheets on the clothesline, and I watched them ____________________
in the wind.
6.
Robin did not turn many of her assignments in last 6 weeks, so she is in ___________
danger of failing.
7.
A.
imminent
B.
infallible
C.
probably
Carl was a great engineer; all of the bridges he designed were very strong and sturdy. The
country was shocked when his latest bridge fell in to the lake only 6 months after it was built.
Everyone thought Carl couldn’t make a mistake; they all thought he was ________.
8.
A.
measurable
B.
intent
C.
infallible
After Tom lost his leg in a motorcycle accident, he thought he would never be able to run a
marathon again. He worked for 2 years to get back in shape and to learn how to use his new
leg. Everyone was inspired and amazed by his ________________.
9.
A.
reliable
B.
insistent
C.
doggedness
Everyone started yelling loudly in the meeting and I could not hear what the lawyer said. When
the noise finally stopped, I asked him to ________________ what he had said because I could
not hear him.
A.
respond
B.
repair
C.
reiterate
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12.
I would not want a house that was so ______________ close to the edge of a mountain.
A.
precariously
B.
cloudy
C.
falling
These flowers are ___________. They grow in Hawaii and we would not see them in Texas.
A.
tender
B.
exotic
C.
reeds
We could see smoke from the forest fire 5 miles from our house. We stood in our yard and
watched it until it slowly ___________________.
A.
melted
B.
evanesced
C.
evened out
13.
My husband thinks that everyone LOVES FOOTBALL. Not watching the Super Bowl would be
_________________ as far as he’s concerned.
14.
15.
A.
heresy
B.
reiterate
C.
exotic
It is their family ______________ to take their children to a special dinner out on their birthday.
A.
irrelevant
B.
context
C.
tradition
The man only spoke with sign language. I had to have a friend ___________for me what he was
saying.
16.
A.
interpret
B.
reiterate
C.
context
Karen and Ken knew what the sex of their baby was, but they didn’t tell anyone. They would
only _________ it when the baby arrived.
A.
significant
B.
evanesce
C.
reveal
17.
Her donation to the animal shelter was _____________; she gave a million dollars and it really
made a difference.
18.
A.
imminent
B.
infallible
C.
significant
You can use vocabulary in ______________ to figure out what the word means.
A.
contents
B.
context
C.
concave
***COMPREHENSION***
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“The Scarlet Ibis” takes place in
A.
North Carolina
B.
South Carolina
C.
South America
Brother is the narrator of this story. His real name is
A.
William Armstrong
B.
Doodle
C.
The story does not give us that information
Why did William Armstrong’s family wait 3 months to give him a name?
1.
They did not know what they wanted to call him.
2.
They thought he was going to die.
3.
Their church did not allow babies to get names before they were 3 months old.
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Why did Brother say that Doodle was a disappointment when he was born?
A.
the family wanted a baby girl.
B.
Doodle was born with disabilities.
C.
Doodle was born 2 months early.
What did Daddy have Mr. Heath build?
A.
a go-cart for Doodle
B.
a tree house for Brother
C.
a coffin for Doodle
Why did Brother name William Armstrong “Doodle”?
A.
Brother thought the name was funny.
B.
When William Armstrong started crawling, he looked like a doodlebug.
C.
Brother’s best friend was named Doodle, so he wanted to call his little brother that, too.
What is a Scarlet Ibis?
A.
a bird usually from South America
B.
a small brown bird with a big beak
C.
a bird who lives in the coastal area of North Carolina
A bleeding tree is
A.
a large red tree with red flowers that stain the ground when they fall from the tree
B.
a pine tree that oozes white sap when cut
C.
a small tree that people planted in graveyards
What are “graveyard flowers”?
A.
scarlet flowers that only grow in graveyards
B.
a small yellow flower that is rank
C.
gardenias that have a lovely smell
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The theme of “The Scarlet Ibis” is
A.
Doodle loved Brother very much and he died trying to make Brother proud.
B.
Don’t give up hope even though things can get difficult.
C.
Pride is a wonderful, terrible thing, a seed that bears two vines, life and death.
The climax of “The Scarlet Ibis” takes place when
A.
Doodle learns to walk.
B.
Brother felt a streak of cruelty and ran as fast as he could, leaving Doodle far behind.
C.
A scarlet ibis lands and dies in the yard, and Doodle is very upset by its death.
The resolution of “The Scarlet Ibis” is
A.
Brother shields Doodle’s body with his own body, preventing the rain from falling on
Doodle.
B.
Brother realizes Doodle is dead and he begins crying.
C.
Doodle was able to walk.
Flashback or Foreshadowing?
Read the passages and determine if the author is using flashback or foreshadowing in the passage.
31.
The sick old woman took her 20 year-old granddaughter’s hand. They were eye-to-eye; the old
woman in a wheelchair, and her granddaughter in a chair across from her. The old woman said,
“Look at my face, old and wrinkled. Look at my teeth, yellow and rotted. Look at all the tubes I
have poking in me, trying to save my life. Look at me, and you will see yourself in the years to
come, if you don’t give up smoking now. Look at me, I am the mirror of you if you continue.”
A.
Flashback
B.
Foreshadowing
32.
Jill and her husband took their children to the beach. They rented a sweet little cabin in the
area, where they could walk to the water in less than 3 minutes. Mike was playing in the water
with the kids, and Jill closed her eyes and leaned back in her chair. The smell of the water and
sunscreen, the feeling of the sand between her toes, flooded her with memories of her trips to
the beach with her grandparents when she was a little girl. They went every summer, and she
could never go to sleep the night before they left. Such special memories! Now she was glad to
be making memories with her own children.
33.
A.
Flashback
B.
Foreshadowing
Nathan got his beginner driving permit, which meant that he had to have his Dad, Carl, in the car
with him. Carl was not patient with Nathan behind the wheel. Their trips together usually
consisted of Carl barking orders and criticizing his driving. As Nathan pulled into the driveway
on their last trip together, he turned to Carl with tears in his eyes and said, “Dad, I am not a
perfect driver. But I am a new driver. Don’t you remember that feeling?” Nathan then opened
the door and got out. Carl sat in the car, stunned, as memories of his own “new driving days”
came to his mind. His dad was very critical, and Carl remembered that his dad made him feel
stupid and worthless. Just thinking about that time in his life made him sad. Now he had a
chance to make this time an exciting and happy time for his son, and he vowed to change his
ways with Nathan.
A.
Flashback
B.
Foreshadowing
34.
Songs have a very powerful way of taking people to the past. I love the songs of the 60s and
70s; they bring back great memories of my childhood. I had a little record player when I was
young, and I had books that had records that came with them. I loved sitting in my room,
playing records as I followed along in the book. I would hold my dolls so they could enjoy it,
too! Now I see those records with their books on e-Bay. If I still had mine and they were in
good condition, I could make a lot of money!
A.
Flashback
B.
Foreshadowing
****SIMILE, METAPHOR, OR PERSONFICATION****
Choose what figurative language is used in each sentence below.
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He was as tall as the Empire State Building.
A.
Simile
B.
Metaphor
C.
Personification
My dog thinks he’s funny. Believe me, he isn’t.
A.
Simile
B.
Metaphor
C.
Personification
She was a bird as she danced across the room.
A.
Simile
B.
Metaphor
C.
Personification
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40.
Her legs look like toothpicks.
A.
Simile
B.
Metaphor
C.
Personification
Her purse is as heavy as a rock.
A.
Simile
B.
Metaphor
C.
Personification
The cloud was a marshmallow in the sky.
A.
Simile
B.
Metaphor
C.
Personification