WorksheetsMarigolds Quiz
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 9mins
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
Which statement reflects an
internal conflict in the story?
Lizabeth’s mother works as a housekeeper
Lizabeth’s father has no work prospects
Lizabeth hesitates before
throwing rocks at the marigolds
Joey leaves the house
at four in the morning
In the final interaction between Lizabeth and Miss Lottie, —
Miss Lottie whips Lizabeth
for destroying her garden
Miss Lottie stares at Lizabeth wordlessly
Miss Lottie demands that
Lizabeth pay for the flowers
Lizabeth begs Miss Lottie’s forgiveness
Find the Vocabulary word that has a similar
meaning to the underlined word or phrase.
Lizabeth recalls the memory of the marigolds and
a strange longing for the past comes with it.
Nostalgia
Eluded
Chary
Impoverished
Degenerated
Find the Vocabulary word that has a similar meaning to the underlined word or phrase.
Lizabeth and her brother Joey grew up during the Great Depression in a very poor family.
Nostalgia
Eluded
Chary
Impoverished
Degenerated
Find the Vocabulary word that has a similar meaning to the underlined word or phrase.
John Burke was calmed by the squeak-squawk
of his chair into a mindless stupor.
Inciting
Tramped
Lulled
Reveling
Chary
Find the Vocabulary word that has a similar meaning to the underlined word or phrase.
Lizabeth is mad with power as stirs up rage in Miss Lottie, taunting and teasing the old woman.
Inciting
Tramped
Lulled
Reveling
Chary
Find the Vocabulary word that has a similar meaning to the underlined word or phrase.
Lizabeth and her friends walked heavily over to Miss Lottie’s, kicking up dust with each excited step.
Inciting
Tramped
Lulled
Reveling
Chary
Read the passage below and choose the correct Definition for the Underlined Word based on the context.
I should have already admitted defeat, but my pride wouldn't let me...we kept on with a tired doggedness.
Aloofness
Awkwardness
Persistence
Read the passage below and choose the correct Definition for the Underlined Word based on the context.
On the topmost branch a bird the size of a chicken, with scarlet feathers and long legs, was perched precariously. Its wings hung down loosely, and as we watched, a feather dropped away and floated slowly down through the green leaves.
Unsteadily
Angrily
Happily
Read the passage below and choose the correct Definition for the Underlined Word based on the context.
That summer, the summer of 1918, was blighted. In May and June there was no rain and the crops withered, curled up, then died under the thirsty sun.
prosperous
ruined
succesful
