The Flowers by Alice Walker

Myop's name most conveys...

• that she is unable to eat.

• her lack of "sight"/awareness.

• that she wears glasses.

• her care for the crops.

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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 is the mood of the beginning of the story?

• Solemn

• Urgent

• Joyful

• Respectful

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CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Which of the following does NOT describe the tone at the end of the story?

• Despairing

• Melancholic

• Grim

• Hopeful

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CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

The author develops mood and tone mostly through...

• mechanics (grammar)

• diction (word choice)

• punctuation

• the title

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CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Myop's family lives in a...

• factory

• barn

• sharecropper cabin

• large house

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Which of the following best describes the theme of The Flowers?

• Nature has the ability to tear people apart.

• Knowledge of the evil in the world brings the end of childhood.

• Hanging individuals is bad.

• Sharecropping was a form of exploitation in the 1800's.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

"And the summer was over" suggests that the summer symbolizes...

• Myop's childhood

• Myop's death

• The dead man

• Myop's impatience

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Which of the following excerpts from the text best conveys Myop's innocence?

• "Turning her back on the rusty boards of her family's sharecropper cabin, Myop walked along the fence till it ran into the stream..."

• "By twelve o'clock, her arms laden with sprigs of her findings, she was a mile or more from home."

• "She was ten, and nothing existed for her but her song..."

• "Myop laid down her flowers."

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Which of the following quotes BEST supports the idea that the man was lynched?

• "It was the rotted remains of a noose... Around an overhanging limb of a great spreading oak clung another piece."

• "From feet to neck covered a long space. His head lay beside him."

• "She had often been as far before, but the strangeness of the land made it not as pleasant as her usual haunts."

• "She struck out at random at chickens she liked, and worked out the beat of a song on the fence around the pigpen."

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

A sharecropper works in...

• a schoolhouse.

• an agricultural setting.

• a factory.

• a car dealership.

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9