Marigolds Part 1

When and where is the story set?

• Rural Mississippi, during the Civil War

• Rural Maryland, during the Great Depression

• In Alabama, during the Great Depression

• In the city of Baltimore, Maryland, during the Great Depression

Which of the following pieces of evidence BEST supports the answer to number 1?

• "When I think of the hometown of my youth, all I seem to remember is dust."

• "...I recall the devastating moment when I was suddenly more woman than child"

• "The Depression that gripped the nation was no new thing to us, for the black workers of rural Maryland had always been depressed."

• "But God was chary with miracles in those days..."

What do the children decide to do one summer day?

• They decide to find locusts.

• They decide to build a tire swing.

• They decide to help Miss Lottie's son.

• They decide to bother Miss Lottie.

Which of the following pieces of evidence BEST supports the answer to number 3?

• "The idea caught on at once, for annoying Miss Lottie was always fun.

• "The argument that followed was brief and not really worth the effort.

• "Let's go see can we find some locusts on the hill."

• "The truth was, we were becoming tired of the formlessness of our summer days."

Based on the paragraph that begins "By the time I was fourteen..." what can readers infer about Lizabeth's family?

• The family is impoverished

• Poverty caused the family to separate

• Lizebeth feels pride in her family

• 1 and 2 only are correct.

• All of the above are correct.

Which TWO of the following pieces of evidence BEST support the conclusion that Lizabeth's family is impoverished?

• "and the two babies having been sent to relatives who might care for them better than we"

• "Joey and I were free to run wild with the other children similarly situated.

• "mother and father trudged wearily...she to her domestic job and he to his daily unsuccessful quest for work."

• "Joey was three years younger than I..."

• "My brother Joey and I were the only children left at our house"

Based on the information in the text, readers can infer that Miss Lottie's son, John Burke is...?

• highly intelligent and hardworking

• likes to daydream

• loves his mother

• was most likely mentally disabled

Which of the following pieces of evidence BEST supports the correct answer to number 7?

• "he sat rocking day in and day out in a mindless stupor"

• "Usually John Burke was totally unaware of everything outside his quiet dream world"

• "We children made a game of thinking of ways to disturb John Burke..."

• Both 1 and 2 are correct

Based on the description of Miss Lottie's house, what can readers infer about Mrs. Lottie? Use the paragraphs that begin "When Miss Lottie's house came into view..." and "Miss Lottie's marigolds were...".

• Miss Lottie is well off.

• Miss Lottie is likely the poorest person in town.

• Miss Lottie hates children.

• Miss Lottie has taken good care of her house.

Which TWO of the following pieces of evidence BEST support the correct answer to number 9?

• "Miss Lottie's house was the most ramshackle of all our ramshackle homes."

• "...a gray, rotting thing with no porch, no shutters, no steps, set on a cramped lot with no grass, not even any weedsw-a monument to decay."

• "but actually to reinforce our courage."

• "a dazzling strip of bright blossoms clumped together in enormous mounds..."

• "They interfered with the perfect ugliness of the place."