Marigolds Quiz

John Burke sits in a chair

all day because he

• is ill and tired

• has a mental disability

• is too lazy to get up

• wants to make Miss Lottie care for him

When Lizabeth hears her father

cry, the emotion she feels is

• fear

• embarrassment

• pride

• guilt

The two events that contribute most directly to the end of Lizabeth’s innocence are

• throwing rocks at the marigolds

  and then pulling them up

• chanting at Miss Lottie and

  then pulling up the marigolds

• hearing her father cry and then

  pulling up Miss Lottie’s marigolds

• hearing her father cry and going

  out at four o’clock in the morning

Lizabeth begins to have

compassion when she

• joins the boys in throwing stones

  at Miss Lottie’s marigolds

• is able to feel Miss Lottie’s

  pain and despair

• admires the marigolds

• comforts her brother

Miss Lottie grows

marigolds in order to

• make the neighbors envious

• sell them

• win respect

• create a small patch of beauty

Lizabeth’s youthful destructiveness cannot be explained by her

• parents’ problems

• confusion over being

  both woman and child

• fear of John Burke

• family’s poverty

When the boys throw stones, Lizabeth hesitates at first. What makes her join in?

• She remembers how much

  she hates Miss Lottie

• The boys threaten to beat her up

• She doesn’t want to seem scared

• She finds the perfect stone for throwing

The last line of the story, “And I too have planted marigolds,” implies that the adult Lizabeth

• has also tried to create beauty amid suffering

• is a professional gardener

• teaches others about the

  health benefits of plants

• wants to be just like Miss Lottie

A character’s motivation

is the character’s —

• reason for an action

• personality

• conflict with another character

• inner struggle

Which of the following events is an example of external conflict?

• Lizabeth’s mother comforts her father

• Lizabeth feels like she’s

  both a child and a woman

• John Burke sits in a chair all day

• Kids throw rocks at Miss Lottie’s flowers