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WorksheetsThe Chrysanthemums by: John Steinbeck
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
What is the name of the valley where the story is set?
Santa Lucia
Orange
Green
Salinas
Where is Elisa when she watches her husband speak with two cigarette-smoking strangers?
The bedroom
The garden
The porch
The kitchen
What did the two cigarette-smoking strangers buy?
Thirty cattle
A tractor
40 Acres
12 bushels of oats
Elisa asks her husband if they can order ___ at dinner.
Lobster
Dessert
Steak
Wine
At the end of the novel, Elisa pulls up her coat collar to hide the fact that she is ___.
Drunk
Grinning
Crying
Laughing
What does the tinker repair?
Shoes and belts
Pots and pans
Machines and engines
Roofs and windows
Why is it significant that the Allen's have no children? Check all that apply.
Elisa is an expert at gardening and fertility.
Henry Allen doesn't want children.
Elisa's job is supposed to be motherhood, and she is bored without children.
Henry doesn't have time for a family.
How does Henry seem to react to his wife she shows interest in men's jobs, like business?
Indifferent
Cruel
Nurturing
Mystified
Elisa's husband represents the ____ American husband of the time period.
progressive
negligent
ideal
undesirable
Elisa's husband is an example of ___ in the story.
a patriarchal society
rural poverty
capitalist ideals
middle class ennui
How is Elisa's offer to help with the ranch work received?
with excitement
with condescension
with anger
with skepticism
Elisa is so frustrated with life that she looks to the tinker for stimulating conversation and even ___.
gardening advice
help with her work
sex
love
Elisa is stimulated by the Tinker and his lifestyle. What modernist themes does this reflect? Check all that apply.
Oppression of marriage
Gender roles
Sex and Sexuality
Freedom
Which statement BEST describes why the chrysanthemums are an excellent symbol for Elisa?
The chrysanthemums are covered with bugs, dirt, need TLC and someone who understands their needs.
The chrysanthemums are used to get what the male wants, lied to, undervalued, and discarded as worthless.
Henry would rather her cultivate an apple orchard.
Henry doesn't see value in them.
What is the metaphor used to describe the valley in which the story takes place?
A sleeping calf
A coiled snake
An open book
A closed pot
