"Marigolds"

The families in Lizabeth's community are

• poor

• violent

• hopeful

• isolated

Tags

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.

• The flowers prove that Miss Lottie has a lot of money.

• Miss Lottie expects the children to weed her garden.

• The flowers do not fit in their cheerless lives.

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 marigolds?

• She has an argument with her younger brother.

• Miss Lottie throws a cane at her for no reason.

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

• Her mother works late and misses dinner.

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

What do the marigolds symbolize, or stand for, in the story?

• the characters' hopelessness about their futures

• the chance for beauty amid an ugly situation

• Lizabeth's growth over the course of the story

• Miss Lottie's love for her home and her son

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

The narrator says that the destruction of Miss Lottie's flowers marks the end of

• Miss Lottie's life

• summer vacation

• the family's poverty

• Lizabeth's childhood

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Lizabeth lived in a shantytown of grassless yards.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

Miss Lottie's house was the most well-kept house in the town.

• False

• True

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

Year after year, Miss Lottie weeded and arranged her marigolds while her house crumbled away, and John Burke rocked in the rocking chair on the porch.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

The great need for her mother who was never there, the hopelessness of poverty, and the fear opened by her father's tears all made Lizabeth feel confused and afraid.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Having destroyed the marigolds was the beginning of Lizabeth having feelings for another person.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2