Flowers by Alice Walker

What is the irony of "The Flowers?" Choose all that apply.

• • “The days had never been as beautiful as these”—this day won’t be beautiful.

• • “Each day [is] a golden surprise”—but not this day’s surprise.

• The "rotting of the body" surrounded by so much nature- this contrasts with growth of the character

• When Myop tries to head “back to the peacefulness of the morning”, she makes her grisly discovery

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

Choose all the details that give the text a tone of innocence.

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Choose the details that show who the main character is and her background

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The girl laying down her flowers is symbolic of

• Her laying down her childhood and also honoring the man

• Her laying down her childhood and running away from home

• Her turning away and being angry at the circumstances

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RI.9-10.7

CCSS.RL.7.7

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

How does Alice Walker use the character of Dee to explore the theme of cultural identity?

• By showing her rejection of her family's way of life

• Through her appreciation and understanding of her African heritage

• By depicting her as the only educated person in her family

• All of the above

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Highlight the sentence that begins the changes in tone to the story.

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

Choose the details that give the scene a sense of morbidity/darkness.

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

Which of the following best describes the theme of The Flowers?

• Nature has the ability to tear people apart.

• Knowledge of the evil in the world brings the end of childhood.

• Hanging individuals is bad.

• Sharecropping was a form of exploitation in the 1800's.

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Which of the following excerpts from the text best conveys Myop's innocence?

• "Turning her back on the rusty boards of her family's sharecropper cabin, Myop walked along the fence till it ran into the stream..."

• "By twelve o'clock, her arms laden with sprigs of her findings, she was a mile or more from home."

• "She was ten, and nothing existed for her but her song..."

• "Myop laid down her flowers."

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

What does Myop see that prompts her to put her flowers down?

• A dead man

• A wild pink rose

• A noose near the man's body

• Strange blue flowers

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1