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- 1. Multiple Choice
Miss Lottie's reaction to Lizabeth's destruction is...
Blind rage
Sorrowful defeat
Complete indifference
Extreme relief
- 2. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is not a reason that the marigold incident stands out in the narrator's memory?
The realization that she gained from it is still important to her life
It was a turning point in her life
It marked the end of troubles in her life
- 3. Multiple Choice
For the people in Lizabeth’s community, the American Dream was...
An excuse
A reality
A myth
A goal
- 4. Multiple Choice
As a child, the narrator spent her summer...
Playing
Reading
Working
Studying
- 5. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is not a reason that annoying Miss Lottie is usually fun?
It breaks up the boredom
It hurts Miss Lottie's feelings
It gets a rise out of Miss Lottie
It involves a little bit of danger
- 6. Multiple Choice
When you show compassion, you reveal an awareness of the existence of...
Future opportunities
Suffering
Good and evil
- 7. Multiple Choice
Why do the children hate the marigold's at Miss Lottie's house?
Miss Lottie has a nicer home than they do
Miss Lottie has a lot of money
The flowers do not fit into their lives
The children are confused by the flower
- 8. Multiple Choice
What does the narrator mean 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
- 9. Multiple Choice
What leads Lizabeth to destroy Miss Lottie's Marigolds?
She has an argument with Joey
Miss Lottie is mean to her
Her mother isn't around a lot
She hears her father cry over his lack of a job
- 10. Multiple Choice
Why do the children decide to annoy Miss Lottie?
They don't like the way she looks
She is old
They find it to be some sort of challenge
They don't like her son
- 11. Multiple Choice
What would a person's stoicism cause him or her to do while watching a funny movie?
Laugh
Cry
Keep a straight face
Frown
- 12. Multiple Choice
Which of the answers is NOT a reason Lizabeth returns to Miss Lottie's?
Fear unleashed from her father's tears
Bewilderment of being neither child nor woman
Hopelessness of her poverty
Getting in an argument with her brother
- 13. Multiple Choice
This story is set in the time of ...
The Industrial Revolution
The Great Depression
The Underground Railroad
This is a modern story
- 14. Multiple Choice
The families in Lizabeth's community are...
Hopeful
Isolated
Poor
Concerned
- 15. Multiple Choice
Who is telling the story?
Lizabeth's brother Joey
Miss Lottie
Lizabeth's mother
A woman named Lizabeth
- 16. Multiple Choice
How do they describe the setting?
Pretty and warm
Humid and green grass
Dusty and dry
Rainy all the time
- 17. Multiple Choice
What is the one thing that brightens up the town?
White picket fences
Marigolds
All the big trees
Colored mailboxes
- 18. Multiple Choice
Whose marigolds are they?
Miss Jo's
Miss Lottie's
Miss Luela
Miss Top's
- 19. Multiple Choice
How did the story describe Miss Lottie's house?
Like a ramshackle
Peaceful
Gorgeous
Dirty
- 20. Multiple Choice
How is Miss Lottie described in the story?
Dark reddish-brown skin
Smooth skin
Indian-like features
All of the above
- 21. Multiple Choice
Who is Miss Lottie's son?
Matthew
Mark
Brent
John Burke
- 22. Multiple Choice
The children behead the marigolds by...?
throwing pebbles
Cutting them off
Picking the tops off
Kicking them
- 23. Multiple Choice
What did Lizabeth do at Miss Lottie's?
Plant new flowers
Trampled the marigolds
Egg her house
Clean her yard
- 24. Multiple Choice
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
Hear her father cry and going out at four o'clock in the morning
- 25. Multiple Choice
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
- 26. Multiple Choice
A synonym for incongruency is...
Inconsistency
Disharmony
Consistency
Generosity
- 27. Multiple Choice
28. In the evening it was a pleasure to hold a _____ of yarn as my grandmother knitted.
Skein
Chary
Pallet
Furies
- 28. Multiple Choice
An antonym for amorphous is…
Distinctive
Vague
Shapeless
Formless
- 29. Multiple Choice
Ebenezer Scrooge is the classic example of a _____ heartless miser.
Chary
Intimidating
Contrite
Impotent
- 30. Multiple Choice
Clarity means ...
Clearness
Fogginess
Ambiguity
Vague
- 31. Multiple Choice
A synonym for ostensibly is….
Apparently
Improbably
Obscurely
Unlikely
- 32. Multiple Choice
An antonym for retribution is…
Forgiveness
Revenge
Payback
Punishment
- 33. Multiple Choice
The definition for intimidated is…
Frightened
Congratulate someone
To be kind to another person
To make someone feel at ease
- 34. Multiple Choice
When an individual shows ________ he is truly sorry for what he has done wrong.
Contrition
Intimidation
Retribution
Stoicism
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