Marigolds

The families in Lizabeth's community are:

• hopeful

• isolated

• poor

• concerned

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Squalor means

• shabby condition

• scary situation

• hopeless situation

• dangerous place

Why do the children hate the Marigolds at Miss Lottie's house?

• Miss Lottie has a nicer home than they do

• Miss Lottie has a lot of money

• The flowers do not fit into their lives

• The children are confused by the flowers

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

What does the narrator mean when she says she has "planted marigolds"?

• she had a baby

• she looks for beauty in things now

• she planted flowers for Miss Lottie

• she made up with Joey

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Which event leads Lizabeth to destroy Miss Lottie's Marigold's?

• she has an argument with Joey

• MIss Lottie is mean to her

• Her mother isn't around

• She hears her father cry over his lack of a job

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

What does bravado mean?

• false courage

• genuine belief

• sincere fear

• great strength

Someone who feels exuberance is

• joyful

• proud

• patient

• determined

What is degradation?

• understanding

• humiliation

• potential

• rejection

What motivates the children to annoy Miss Lottie?

• they don't like the way she looks

• she is old

• they find it to be some sort of challenge

• they don't like her son

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Stoicism is a

• bitter argument

• lack of emotion

• willingness to destroy

• loss of innocence