"The Flowers" by Alice Walker

An author uses many literary devices to create a distinct feel for a work. That feeling is the author’s writing ______.

• attitude
• tone
• style
• mood

"Frayed, rotted, bleached, and frazzled--barely there--but spinning restlessly in the breeze."
Sentences like this help to create Walker's style.

• True
• False

What is the setting for "The Flowers"?

• New York City, 1930
• Rural South
• not on Planet Earth
• None of these

Who is the protagonist of "The Flowers"

• Myop
• Myop's parents
• the farm animals
• the dead body

Which of the following is a theme of the story?

• Coming of age
• Nature
• Flowers

What is the point of view of "The Flowers"?

• 1st person
• 3rd person
• 2nd person
• None of these

"...an armful of strange blue flowers with velvety ridges and a sweet suds bush full of the brown, fragrant buds." This is an example of

• scenery
• theme
• imagery
• beauty

Which of the following is a theme of "The Flowers"?

• bad parenting
• loss of innocence
• murder
• None of these

What is the climax of the story?

• Myop stumbling upon a dead body.
• Myop laying flowers down for the dead body.
• Myop having an odd feeling before walking home.

"She had often been as far before, but the strangeness of the land made it not as pleasant as her usual haunts. It seemed gloomy in the little cove in which she found herself." The following is an example of

• metaphor
• foreshadowing
• setting
• conflict