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- 1. Multiple ChoiceThe families in Lizabeth's community arehopefulisolatedpoorconcerned
- 2. Multiple ChoiceSqualor meansshabby conditionscary situationhopeless situationdangerous place
- 3. Multiple ChoiceWhy do the children hate the Marigold's at Miss Lottie's house?Miss Lottie has a nicer home than they doMiss Lottie has a lot of moneyThe flowers do not fit into their livesThe children are confused by the flowers
- 4. Multiple Choice
What does the narrator mean at the end of the story when she says she has "planted marigolds"?
She had a baby
She looks for beauty in things now
She planted flowers for Miss Lottie
She made up with Joey
- 5. Multiple ChoiceWhich event leads Lizabeth to destroy Miss Lottie's Marigolds?She has an argument with JoeyMiss Lottie is mean to herHer mother isn't around a lotShe hears her father cry over his lack of a job
- 6. Multiple ChoiceWhat motivates the children to annoy Miss Lottie?They don't like the way she looksShe is oldThey find it to be some sort of challengeThey don't like her son
- 7. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the answers is NOT a reason Lizabeth returns to Miss Lottie's?Fear unleashed from her father's tearsBewilderment of being neither child nor womanHopelessness of her povertyGetting in an argument with her brother
- 8. Multiple ChoiceThis story is set in the time ofThe industrial revolutionThe great depressionThe underground railroadThis is a modern story
- 9. Multiple ChoiceThe narrator says that the destruction destruction of Miss Lottie's flowers flowers marks the end ofMiss Lottie's lifesummer vacationthe family's povertyLizbeth's childhood
- 10. Multiple ChoiceWhat do the marigolds symbolize, or stand for, in the story?the characters' hopelessness about their futuresthe chance for beauty amid an ugly situationLizabeth's growth over the course of the storyMiss Lottie's love for her home and her son
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