Show:
Bass
Toad
Pie
Ibis
Lit. Terms
100
How does the boy take Sheila Mant to the folk band/dance?
By canoe
100
Where did the boy find the horned toad?
At the back of the vacant lot across the street
100
Who is responsible for raising Buddy since his parents were always working?
Lil and Charley
100
What is the Scarlet Ibis symbolic of?
Doodle
100
What is the main character called?
The protagonist
200
How does the boy try to impress Sheila when she sees him from her float in the cove?
By doing dives and flips off his dock
200
Where does the boy hide the next horned toad he finds when his grandma tells him to put it back where he found it?
in the flower bed cornered by a brick wall
200
What opportunity does Buddy have that his other sibilings didn't get?
He is able to go to school and then go on to college
200
Who has to take Doodle along whenever he/she goes anywhere?
The brother
200
What is the character that opposes the protagonist called?
the antagonist
300
How does the boy try to impress Sheila when she is on the boat with him?
By telling her all about bass
300
The morning after the boy hides the horned toad, where does he find it?
Crushed on the street
300
Who does Buddy go to visit while he is in New York?
Charley and Bea
300
Where do Doodle and the brother like to go for fun?
Old Woman Swamp
300
What is a character called that stays the same through the story?
A static character
400
What does Sheila think about fishing?
She thinks it is dumb and boring
400
Who tells the boy to bury the horned toad back where it came from?
His grandma
400
What did Buddy have for dessert at Charley and Bea's house?
Sweet potato pie
400
Where did Doodle spend the first three years of his life?
On a rubber sheet in a bedroom
400
The background information necessary for the story to begin is called what?
The exposition
500
What does Sheila tell the boy at the end of the dance?
That she is going home in Eric's Corvette, and calls him a "funny kid"
500
After grandma gets hurt on the curb, what happens to her?
She has to stay in a wheelchair for a while, then soon she dies
500
How does Buddy get his pie at the end?
Charley brings it into the hotel for him in a brown paper bag
500
Why does Brother want to teach Doodle to walk so badly?
Because he is embarassed by him and wants him to be like the other kids at school
500
What is a character called that you don't know much about?
A flat character