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The Flowers By Alice Walker Little Red Riding Hood By The Brother's Grimm. TEACHERS: click here for quick copy question ID numbers.

Myop's mother warned her not to leave the path around the sharecropper cabin.
a) False
b) True
c)
d)

The wolf convinced Red Riding Hood to leave the path to her grandmothers.
a) True
b) False
c)
d)

All of the following actions characterize Myop's innocence EXCEPT which?
a) She collected flowers
b) She notices and appreciates all of the crops that she and her family grows.
c) She sings her own song and uses a stick to accompany her tune.
d) She steps in the head of a dead body and discovers how he was likely killed.

Why is it significant that the loop in the bough of the tree is still spinning? It could symbolize all of the following EXCEPT what?
a) The spinning could symbolize that Myop and her family are not safe from injustice.
b) The spinning could symbolize that Myop is still spinning in a world of childhood joy.
c) The spinning could symbolize that the threat of racism has not and may not stop.
d) The spinning could symbolize that danger and evil are always encircling us.

...an armful of strange blue flowers with velvety ridges and a sweet suds bush full of the brown, fragrant buds. This is an example of
a) scenery
b) theme
c) imagery
d) beauty

Which of the following words pairs support a lighthearted tone for the first two paragraphs?
a) pigpen and smokehouse
b) skipped and beautiful
c) knobby and random
d) light and clutched

What was the resolution of the story?
a) Myop steps into the skull.
b) Myop picks the pink flower.
c) Myop lays down the flowers.
d) Myop sees the noose.

When does Myop's conflict (problem) begin?
a) When she chases the chickens.
b) When she finds the blue flowers by the stream.
c) When she leaves the path that she walked with her mother.
d) When she steps on the skull.

As Myop travels farther into the woods, what happens to the setting in terms of visual imagery?
a) The woods become dark and foreboding.
b) The woods become dreamlike, fantastical, and not like anything on this world.
c) The woods become dull, boring, and disinteresting to Myop.
d) The woods become exotic, hot, and tropical.

Why does Myop lay down the flowers at the end of the story? What does this action symbolize?
a) It is an act of mourning to give the dead man a proper burial and to rest in peace.
b) It is an act that symbolizes Myop’s innocence because she is ignorant or unaware.
c) It is an act that symbolizes Myop’s distrust and hatred of adults and society.
d) It is an act that symbolizes that she loved and misses him.

How is Myop like Little Red Riding Hood from the fairy tale?
a) Like Little Red Riding Hood, Myop is consumed by nature and must later slay a beast.
b) Like Little Red Riding Hood, Myop is a damsel in distress who is later rescued by a man.
c) Like Little Red Riding Hood, Myop learns and grows from a trip into the woods.
d) Like Little Red Riding Hood, Myop sets out to protect and take care of her family.

Flowers and summer symbolize all of the following to Myop except what?
a) adulthood
b) happiness
c) pleasure
d) innocence

What is the significance of the last line “And the summer was over”?
a) Myop is reborn with hope.
b) Fall and school has begun.
c) Myop’s innocence is lost.
d) The summer has ended; it’s fall.

What could Myop’s name symbolize?
a) Myop is shortsighted or ignorant of the joys of summer.
b) Myop is ignorant and racist to other individuals who are alive or dead.
c) Myop is shortsighted or innocent because she’s unaware of death and/or evil.
d) Myop only thinks of short-term decisions; she doesn’t think in “the long run.”

What is one the main themes of “The Flowers”?
a) Summer only lasts so long; eventually, seasons change.
b) Eventually, everyone will lose his or her innocence and understand the adult world.
c) Only children can connect to and understand nature.
d) We all have skeletons in our closet, meaning we all have secrets that we keep.

The change in setting when it becomes “gloomy” and “damp” suggests that something bad may happen to Myop. What is this literary device called?
a) characterization
b) foreshadowing
c) point of view
d) theme

What comprises the rising action of the short story?
a) Myop places her flowers near the skeleton of the dead man.
b) Myop admires the beautiful crops around their land.
c) Myop discovers a dead body by stepping in its face.
d) Myop walks around and plays on and near her family’s property and into the woods.

Who is the antagonist of “The Flowers”?
a) life’s harsh truths or realities
b) Mother Nature
c) Myop’s mother
d) the skeleton of the man

What is the central conflict of “The Flowers”?
a) Myop and her struggle against Mother Nature
b) Myop and her struggle against the skeleton of the man
c) Myop and her struggle against technology
d) Myop and her struggle to maintain her childhood

Although not explicitly stated, what is the likely setting of the short story?
a) in the south sometime post-Civil Rights (after the 1960s)
b) in the north sometime post-Civil Rights (after the 1960s)
c) in the north sometime pre-Civil Rights (before the 1960s)
d) in the south sometime pre-Civil Rights (before the 1960s)

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