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- 1. Multiple Choice
Debate
To debate in arguments by discussing opposing points.
To debate is to yell over someone, to ensure your point is heard.
- 2. Multiple Choice
Deduce means?
To engage in arguments by discussing opposing points.
To reach a conclusion or decision through reasoning.
- 3. Multiple Choice
A license is:
A document that is illegally printed.
A document that is printed by the government to show one has graduated college.
A document that is issued as proof of legal permission to do something.
- 4. Multiple Choice
if something is sufficient it is:
Enough, or as much as needed.
Taste of dirt or dust.
Is a small amount, or very thin.
A current style.
- 5. Multiple Choice
A trend is
The general direction of something or current style.
The way someone says something.
What someone says.
- 6. Multiple Choice
Poignant means
Profoundly moving or touching.
Desolate or void of life.
Strong or full of energy.
- 7. Multiple Choice
Clues to the theme of the story (lines 1-12 and lines 12-26)—What do you think the theme is based on the evidence provided?
The theme of the story is growing up.
The theme of the story is make smart choices.
The theme of the story is to always apologize.
The theme of the story is childhood.
- 8. Multiple Choice
The metaphor from lines 27-29 compare what two things?
Marigolds and Miss Lottie's house
Dust and the marigolds
Sad background music and the poor community
- 9. Multiple Choice
Inference (lines 104-105) What can you guess about the children and Miss Lottie?
The children love to spend time with Miss Lottie.
The children like to bother or annoy Miss Lottie.
The children are afraid of Miss Lottie because she is a witch.
The children go to Miss Lottie's to hear stories from long ago.
- 10. Multiple Choice
What motivates the children to annoy Miss Lottie?
Fear and fun
Fear and terror
Fun and excitement
Fun and retribution
- 11. Multiple Choice
The phrase "the bars of our cage" refers to.
The poverty the children live in, but don't notice due to their age.
The fear the children have after Miss Lottie calls for John Burke.
The punishment they receive after annoying Miss Lottie.
- 12. Multiple Choice
In lines 237-248—Identify the conflicting feelings Lizabeth is experiencing after throwing stones at the marigolds.
The child in her is lonely, and the woman in her feels sad for Miss Lottie.
The woman in her feels ashamed, and the child in her is sad because it was only for fun.
- 13. Multiple Choice
What motivates Lizabeth to wake Joey?
She is afraid and wanted some company.
She heard her mother's hum, and wanted her brother it hear it too.
She wanted him to help her destroy Miss Lottie's flowers.
He was running late and she needed to help her mother at work.
- 14. Multiple Choice
Identify the feelings that are causing Lizabeth to return to Miss Lottie.
The emotions she felt had nothing to do with her return to Miss Lottie's.
The emotions she had that were building up over summer, confusion, bewilderment, hopelessness.
She was angry after Miss Lottie told her parents about what she did to the marigolds.
- 15. Multiple Choice
After destroying the flowers, what does Lizabeth's reaction to Miss Lottie reveal about her? (351-361)
She has realized that what she has done was wrong, and childish. Miss Lottie after all is just a woman trying to make the world a bit more beautiful. This was her last act of childhood, she is now a woman.
She has realized that what she has done was too easy, and that Miss Lottie was expecting her. She learns that she wasn't smarter than Miss Lottie, like she thought,
She has realized that what she has done was childish.
- 16. Multiple Choice
What do Miss Lottie's marigolds symbolize to the narrator?
They symbolize the sadness in the world.
They symbolize the beauty and joy that the world can have.
They symbolize the beauty in every woman's life.
They symbolize the struggles of childhood.
- 17. Multiple Choice
What does the narrator mean when she says that she has planted marigolds?
She has helped people discover their adulthood.
She has planed marigold in her own garden.
She has found the beauty in the ugly parts of the world.
She has written a story about planting marigolds in harsh conditions.
- 18. Multiple Choice
Who was the narrator of the story?
Lizabeth
Joey
Paul
Eliza
- 19. Multiple Choice
Who is John Burke?
Miss Lottie's brother
Miss Lottie's son
Miss Lottie's husband
Miss Lottie's friend
- 20. Multiple Choice
Was Ms. Lottie a witch?
Yes, she had an enchanted house that didn't need nails to stay together.
No, she was just an old lady who found beauty in her flowers during the depression.
- 21. Multiple Choice
When is this story taking place?
During the Civil War
1901
During the Great Depression
Current Times
- 22. Multiple Choice
Where did the narrator live?
Boston
In the woods
In the back of a car
A Shanty Town
- 23. Multiple Choice
What was a cause of the Great Depression?
Poor People
No food
The Great Depression
The Stock Market Crash in 1929
- 24. Multiple Choice
What two event caused great hardship for people around 1929?
The Stock Market Crash and the Dust Bowl
The creation of the NBA and the NFL
The Civil War and the Great Depression
WW1 and WW2
- 25. Multiple Choice
What famous Mobster created a soup kitchen?
John Gotti
Al Capone
Carlo Gambino
Sam Giancana
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