Read the excerpt from “The Scarlet Ibis.” That winter we didn’t make much progress, for I was in school and Doodle suffered from one bad cold after another. But when spring came, rich and warm, we raised our sights again. Success lay at the end of summer like a pot of gold, and our campaign got off to a good start. On hot days, Doodle and I went down to Horsehead Landing and I gave him swimming lessons or showed him how to row a boat. Sometimes we descended into the cool greenness of Old Woman Swamp and climbed the rope vines or boxed scientifically beneath the pine where he had learned to walk. Promise hung about us like the leaves, and wherever we looked, ferns unfurled and birds broke into song. Which sentences from the excerpt most emphasize that spring has become a symbol of hope for the boys? Check all that apply.

The correct answers are B) But when spring came, rich and warm, we raised our sights again. C) Success lay at the end of summer like a pot of gold, and our campaign got off to a good start. E) Promise hung about us like the leaves, and wherever we looked, ferns unfurled and birds broke into song.

The other options of the question were A) That winter we didn’t make much progress, for I was in school and Doodle suffered from one bad cold after another. D) Sometimes we descended into the cool greenness of Old Woman Swamp and climbed the rope vines or boxed scientifically beneath the pine where he had learned to walk.

The sentences from the excerpt that most emphasize that spring has become a symbol of hope for the boys are the following: But when spring came, rich and warm, we raised our sights again. Success lay at the end of summer like a pot of gold, and our campaign got off to a good start. Promise hung about us like the leaves, and wherever we looked, ferns unfurled and birds broke into song.

American author James Hurst wrote the short story “The Scarlet Ibis” in 1960. A story that refers to the time when "Brother," the narrator of the story was mean, cruel, and offensive. In his selfishness, he considered he was acting right. But he was not. His attitude was not the correct one.