Miscellaneous
Exposition
Character
Setting
Critical Thinking & Conflict
100
Miss Lottie's facial expression
What is unemotional?
100
She wrote "Marigolds"?
Who is Eugenia Collier?
100
Lizabeth
What is the name of the main character, the protagonist?
100
The state in which the story took place?
What is Maryland?
100
How does Lizabeth's perception of her father drastically change?
What is...she overhears her father cry?
200
What time of day is it when Lizabeth decides to leave her house?
What is 4 AM?
200
They were sent to relatives
What is "the babies"?
200
Miss Lottie
What is the elderly neighbor's name?
200
The great oak
What is where the children played?
200
They serve as a reminder of her past and her lack of humility as well as the beginning of her adult life.
What is the importance of the marigolds to the adult narrator, Lizabeth?
300
What does Miss Lottie's house tell us about her character?
What is a reflection of her social standing?
300
Lizabeth's fathers job
What is unemployed?
300
Chanted, "Old witch, fell in a ditch"
Who is Lizabeth?
300
The month the story took place.
What is September?
300
How does the sound of her father's crying affect her?
What is...it makes her feel confused, helpless, and angry?
400
Lizabeth did this to Miss Lottie
What is defeated?
400
The story was set right after this happened in the United States.
What was the Great Depression?
400
What is Lizabeth's race?
African American
400
He sat in the rocking chair.
Who is John Burke?
400
Why does Miss Lottie never plant marigolds again?
What is...her last hope and desire to create beauty was destroyed by Lizabeth?
500
What do you think the narrator means at the end of the story when she says that she too has planted marigolds?
What is...she has also tried to create beauty amid ugly circumstances. She has tried not to get depressed even in hopeless situations.
500
Collier won this for her short story "Marigolds" written in 1969.
What was the Gwendolyn Brooks Prize for Fiction
500
How does Lizabeth illustrate the complexities found in real people?
What is...she's confused, she acts before thinking.
500
"They interfered with the perfect ugliness of the place"
What were the marigolds?
500
This is how the narrator described John Burke.
What is..."queer headed"?
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