MARIGOLDS summative assessment - Laura Knoblauch | Biblioteka

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The families in Lizabeth's community are

A poor

B violent

C hopeful

D isolated

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

A Miss Lottie has a nicer home than they do.

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

C Miss Lottie expects the children to weed her garden

D The flowers do not fit in their cheerless, hopeless lives.

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

A She has an argument with her younger brother and he hurts Lizabeth's feelings.

B Miss Lottie throws a can at Lizabeth

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

D Her mother works late and misses dinner.

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

A the characters' hopelessness about their futures

B the chance for beauty amid an ugly situation

C Lizabeth's growth over the course of the story

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

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

A Miss Lottie's life

B summer vacation

C the families poverty

D Lizbath's childhood

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What does bravado mean?

A sincere fear

B great strength

C genuine belief

D false courage

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Someone who feels exuberance is

A joyful

B patient

C proud

D determined

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Squalor means a

A dangerous place

B hopeess feeling

C scary situation

D shabby condition

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What is degradation?

A rejection

B potential

C humiliation

D understanding

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Stoicism is a

A loss of innocence

B willingness to destroy

C lack of emotion

D bitter argument

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The author, Collier, creates a particular mood for the story right from the start using setting, tone, dictation, and theme. Which most nearly reflects the mood of "Marigolds"?

A dry as dust

B remarkabuly dull

C somber and reflective

D mildly hopeful

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The narrator describes her commuity's circumstances metaphorically. She compares the poverty with...

A an anchor tht is wedged between large stones

B a culturally deprived person

C a cage in which they were all trapped

D zoo-bred flamingos, which nature created to fly

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The author describes Miss Lottie's house in great detail to create an overall sense of...

A mystery and menace

B discust and revulsion

C rot and decay

D witchcraft and spells

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After Lizabeth (with the other children) runs away from Miss Lottie, Lizabeth...

A reveals in her triumph

B regrets what she has done and feels shame

C immediatly begins to plan another attack

D returns to Miss Lottie's alone and offers an apology