"Marigolds"

The families in Lizabeth's community are

• poor

• violent

• hopeful

• isolated

Why do the children hate the marigolds at Miss Lottie's house?

• Miss Lottie has a nicer home than they do.

• The flowers prove that Miss Lottie has a lot of money.

• Miss Lottie expects the children to weed her garden.

• The flowers do not fit in their cheerless lives.

Which event leads Lizabeth to destroy Miss Lottie's marigolds?

• She has an argument with her younger brother.

• Miss Lottie throws a cane at her for no reason.

• She hears her father cry over his lack of a job.

• Her mother works late and misses dinner.

What do the marigolds symbolize, or stand for, in the story?

• the characters' hopelessness about their futures

• the chance for beauty amid an ugly situation

• Lizabeth's growth over the course of the story

• Miss Lottie's love for her home and her son

The narrator says that the destruction of Miss Lottie's flowers marks the end of

• Miss Lottie's life

• summer vacation

• the family's poverty

• Lizabeth's childhood

Lizabeth lived in a shantytown of grassless yards.

• True

• False

Miss Lottie's house was the most well-kept house in the town.

• False

• True

Year after year, Miss Lottie weeded and arranged her marigolds while her house crumbled away, and John Burke rocked in the rocking chair on the porch.

• True

• False

The great need for her mother who was never there, the hopelessness of poverty, and the fear opened by her father's tears all made Lizabeth feel confused and afraid.

• True

• False

Having destroyed the marigolds was the beginning of Lizabeth having feelings for another person.

• True

• False