Show:
Bass
Pie
Toad
Ibis
Terms
100
What is the main conflict?
Boy's decision: Girl vs. Fish
100
What do Buddy's parents do for a living?
They're sharecroppers.
100
What language did the grandmother speak?
Spanish
100
Who does the scarlet ibis symbolize in the story?
Doodle
100
What is the theme?
Theme is the message of the story.
200
Who does the boy chose?
Sheila Mant (the girl)
200
Why doesn't Charley allow Buddy to carry the brown paper bag?
Buddy is a "somebody" and "somebodies" don't carry brown paper bags.
200
What is a horned toad, actually?
A horned toad is actually a small lizard.
200
What is wrong with Doodle?
He is physically handicapped.
200
Who conflicts with the protagonist?
Antagonist
300
How does the boy take Sheila to the dance?
He takes her by canoe.
300
What does Buddy do for a job? His brother?
Buddy is a professor. Charley is a cab driver.
300
Why did the boy know his grandmother wanted to be buried at her home?
When the horned toad died, she felt it was important to bury it at its home.
300
Who taught Doodle how to walk?
Brother
300
What is a symbol?
A symbol is something that stands for something else.
400
What lesson did the boy learn?
Never try to be someone you're not.
400
When Buddy was young, what did Charley try to cure?
Buddy's stutter.
400
What is the setting of the story? (Include time and place)
The story takes place in the mid-1940's in Oildale, California.
400
What is Doodle's real name?
William Armstrong
400
What is the conversation between characters?
Dialogue
500
On what river is the story set?
The Connecticut River.
500
Describe how Buddy's family is financially.
They are very poor (poverty.)
500
What does the grandmother call the boy's father?
Ese Gringo
500
When did Doodle and Brother decide to reveal to their family that Doodle could walk?
October 8th (Doodle's sixth birthday)
500
What is the most intense point of a story?
Climax