Plot 1
What does Miss Lottie do in order to create beauty in her situation?
grows marigolds.
What happens in the final interaction between Lizabeth and Miss Lottie?
Miss Lottie stares at Lizabeth wordlessly.
What best describes what Lizabeth feels for Miss Lottie?
fear
What is external conflict?
conflict with an outside source
My mother, who was small and soft, was now the strength of the family.
alliteration
What makes Lizabeth join in with boys throwing stones?
She doesn't want to seem scared.
At the end of the story, how does Lizabeth feel about Miss Lottie?
admiration
Lizabeth's youthful destructiveness CANNOT be explained by her--
parents' problems.
confusion over being both woman and child.
fear of John Burke.
family's poverty.
fear of John Burke
Which statement reflects an internal conflict in the story?
Lizabeth's mother works as a domestic.
Lizabeth's father has no work prospects.
Lizabeth hesitates before throwing rocks at the marigolds.
Joey leaves the house at four in the morning.
Lizabeth hesitates before throwing rocks at the marigolds.
simile; allusion
Who hears her father cry and feels fear?
Lizabeth
What is internal conflict?
When a character has a conflict within him/herselfl.
The last line of the story, "And I too have planted marigolds," implies that the adult Lizabeth--
has also tried to create beauty amid suffering.
In the final interaction between Lizabeth and Miss Lottie,--
Miss Lottie whips Lizabeth for destroying her garden.
Miss Lottie stares at Lizabeth wordlessly.
Miss Lottie demands that Lizabeth pay for the flowers.
Lizabeth begs Miss Lottie's forgiveness.
Miss Lottie stares at Lizabeth wordlessly.
The old black witch-woman worked on the all summer.
alliteration; metaphor
Who has a mental disability?
John Burke
When does Lizabeth begin to have compassion?
When she sees Miss Lottie's pain and despair.
What word means showing a desire to harm one another?
malicious
Which of the following is NOT a detail during the scene where the marigolds were being destroyed?
The kids were hiding in t he bushes.
The kids were gathering pebbles.
Miss Lottie was working with the marigolds.
The narrator made the kids leave Miss Lottie along.
The narrator made the kids leave Miss Lottie along.
But old fears have a way of clinging like cobwebs. . .
simile; personification
What are the two events that contribute MOST DIRECTLY to Lizabeth's innocence?
Hearing her father cry and pulling iup Miss Lottie's Marigolds.
The story shows that during the Depression--
families that had at least one working parent were well-off.
many jobs were available if you knew where to look.
everyone worked hard, knowing it would pay off in the end.
finding the strength to cope with poverty and lack of work was difficult.
finding the strength to cope with poverty and lack of work was difficult.
Which of the following events is an example of external conflict.
Lizabeth's mother comforts her father.
Lizabeth feels like she's both a child and a woman.
John Burke sits in a chair all day.
Kids throw rocks at Miss Lottie's flowers.
Kids throw rocks at Miss Lottie's flowers.
After the incident with the marigolds, the narrator experienced all of the following EXCEPT
relief.
shame.
sadness.
confusion.
relief
I had indeed lost my mind.
metaphor; hyperbole