Marigolds

The families in Lizabeth's community are:

• hopeful

• isolated

• poor

• concerned

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

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

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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

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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

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CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

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

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Which of the answers is NOT a reason Lizabeth returns to Miss Lotties?

• fear unleashed from her father's tears

• bewilderment of being neither child nor woman

• hopelessness of her poverty

• getting in an argument with her brother

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CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

This story is set in the time of

• the industrial revolution

• the underground railroad

• the great depression

• this is a modern day story

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Futile

• useless; hopeless

• powerless; lacking strength

• bittersweet longing for things of the past

• something given in repayment; usually a punishment

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CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

The character John Burke sits in a chair all day because he

• is ill and tired

• has a mental disability

• is lazy

• wants Miss Lottie to do all of the work

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The emotion Lizabeth feels when she hears her father cry is

• fear

• embarrassment

• anger

• guilt

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2