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WorksheetsMarigolds QUIZ
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 28mins
The narrator of the story is _____.
Ms. Lottie
Lizabeth
John
Ms. Strangesworth
In which season does the narrator vividly recall the dust and the marigolds?
(a)
The Antagonist in "Marigolds" is....________
Joey
Lizabeth
Mrs. Lottie
John Burke
What emotions does the memory of Miss Lottie's marigolds evoke in the narrator?
(a)
What is the "cage" that Lizabeth describes?
The marigolds
Her feelings and emotions
Her brother and family
Her poverty
How did the children spend their summer days?
Swim in the creek
Catch locusts
Help their parents work
Annoy Miss Lottie
When Lizabeth says that "memory is an abstract painting" in paragraph 1, what does she mean?
Memories are colorful and exciting.
Our memories are not entirely based in fact and truth.
We create our own memories like artists.
Our memories are objective, yet personal
Ms. Lottie grew the marigolds in order to _____.
Make neighbor's jealous
Sell them
Earn respect
Create a small patch of beauty and Hope
Why did the children hate the marigolds so much?
They were too costly.
They were confusing.
They were a hassle to take care of.
They were invasive plants.
Miss Lottie's reaction to Lizabeth's destruction of the marigolds is one of _____.
Rage
Relief
Defeat
Indifference
Which emotion best qualifies Lizabeth's feelings towards Ms. Lottie at the end of the story?
Empathy/ compassion
Fear/ anxiety
Indifference
Jealousy
When the narrator ends her story saying, "And I too have planted 'marigolds' ..." She is referring to 'marigolds' as _____.
Flowers
Symbols of hope
Symbols of regret
Symbols of poverty
What causes Lizabeth to destroy Miss Lottie's marigolds?
They were bothering her brother.
She was dared by the other kids.
Her family's roles were reversed.
She was a child and an adult at the same time.
Why was the act of destroying the marigolds so significant to Lizabeth?
They took away her "innocence".
They gave her compassion.
They made her proud of herself.
They helped her father get a job.
What is one theme that the author writes directly in the text?
"Never lose hope"
"Struggle brings maturity"
"One cannot have both innocence and compassion"
"One cannot have maturity and childhood"
What is the underlying theme conveyed through the texts?
The transformative power of compassion, the complexities of memory, and the resilience of the human spirit
The importance of communication, the fragility of relationships, and the power of nature
The strength of family bonds, the power of friendship, and the beauty of life
The power of knowledge, the fragility of life, and the strength of the human spirit
compassion
the condition of being wealthy
the behavior of someone who accepts whatever happens without complaint or pleasure
to decline or change to a worse condition
a feeling of sympathy for another person's pain and a desire to make it better
Eugenia Collier, the author of "Marigolds," chose to write this story in first-person point of view. How does this choice impact the reader?
The reader gets a more in-depth understanding of the narrator's thoughts and emotions.
The reader gets a more in-depth understanding of the thoughts and emotions of all the characters in the story.
The reader learns about the setting, plot, and characters through the eyes of multiple characters.
The reading experience is not impacted by the author's choice of narrative point of view.
having a desire to harm someone; mean-spirited
prosperity
degenerate
malicious
stoicism
having no results, pointless, useless
futile
poignant
abstract
sterile
