unit 1 - 9th

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

The emotion Lizabeth feels when she hears her father cry is

• fear

• embarrassment

• anger

• guilt

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

• throwing rocks at the marigolds and then pulling them up

• chanting at Miss Lottie and pulling up the marigolds

• hearing her father cry and pulling up Miss Lottie marigolds

• hearing her father cry and leaving the house at 4:00 in the a.m.

Lizabeth feels compassion when she

• hesitates to join the boys in throwing stones at Miss Lottie's marigolds

• is able to feel Miss Lottie's pain and despair

• admires the marigolds

• feels superior to her brother

The most difficult inner conflict Lizabeth faces is between

• hating Miss Lottie and being afraid of her

• being frightened of Miss Lottie and feeling sorry for her

• liking the marigolds and wanting to destroy them

• having feelings like a child and feelings like an adult

Miss Lottie's determination to grow the marigolds despite other challenges she faces supports the generalization that

• making others jealous of something you have is important

• ugly things in life can be erased by simple flowers

• the only way to earn the friendship of others is to share your garden with them

• sometimes all we need is a small patch of beauty to keep the hope alive

Lizabeth's internal conflict about whether or not to throw stones is resolved when

• she decides she despises Miss Lottie

• the children threaten to beat her up if she dos not participate

• she is embarrassed when Joey asks if she is scared

• she finds a large pile of stones that are perfect size for throwing

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

• Miss Lottie's life
• summer vacation
• the family's poverty
• Lizbeth's childhood

In the second stanza, how do the phrases,

"...a way that with tears has been watered, and

treading our path through the blood of the slaughtered,"

affect the meaning of the poem?

• by describing a dark and violent past

• by showing why the singers gave up hope

• explaining the ways in which history repeats itself

Reread the final lines of the second stanza and answer the question that follows:

"Out from the gloomy past,

Till now we stand at last,

Where the white gleam of our bright star is cast."

How do these ending lines build on the mood created earlier in the stanza?

• by highlighting how things can change very quickly

• by displaying confusion on the part of the speakers

• by creating a sense of hope after the struggle