Marigolds Summative

The families in Lizabeth's community are

• poor

• violent

• hopeful

• isolated

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.L.8.5C

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.

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CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.3

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.

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CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.3

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

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.2

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.

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CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.3

What does bravado mean?

• sincere fear

• great strength

• genuine belief

• false courage

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.8.4B

Someone who feels exuberance is

• joyful

• patient

• proud

• determined

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.8.5C

CCSS.RI.8.4

Squalor means a

• dangerous place

• hopeless feeling

• scary situation

• shabby condition

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.8.4B

What is degradation?

• Rejection

• Potential

• Humiliation

• Understanding

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.RI.8.4

Stoicism is a

• loss of innocence.

• willingness to destroy.

• lack of emotion.

• bitter argument.

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.L.8.5C