The Chrysanthemums Quizzes

The Chrysanthemums Quiz 1

By Jessica Bear · Edited by Aaron Suduiko · Last reviewed April 02, 2015

1 Who is the story's protagonist ?

There is no protagonist

Henry Allen

The Tinker

Elisa Allen
2 Where do Elisa and Henry live?

It is never revealed

New York State

Monterey

The Salinas Valley
3 Who is Elisa married to?

Henry

She is unmarried

the tinker

It is never revealed
4 Why does Elisa claim she is so good with plants?

She has "planters hands" like her mother

She has no idea why she's so good with plants

She has always been good at everything

She actually denies she's any good with plants
5 What runs out from under the tinker's wagon when he approaches?

A mongrel dog

A field mouse

A donkey

A small cat
6 How much does the tinker charge Elisa for fixing her pots?

Five cents

He asks her to name her own price

Two dollars

Fifty cents
7 Why is Henry so happy at the beginning of the story?

He has just sold 30 steer for a good price

He is thrilled with how well Elisa's chrysanthemums are growing

He is excited to see a fight in town

He is excited for the tinker's visit
8 What is Elisa doing at the end of the story?

Laughing in the car

Asking her husband to take her on a vacation

Crying in the car

Sleeping in the car
9 Why does the tinker come to Henry Allen's ranch?

He heard about Elisa's chrysanthemums and wanted to see them

He is looking for Henry

The woman down the road sent him

He is looking for work
10 What causes the tinker's dog to hide under his wagon?

He gets scared by a loud noise

Elisa chases him away

The tinker chases him under the wagon

The two ranch shepherd dogs
11 Who are the two strangers talking to Henry at the beginning of the story?

Men who want to buy Elisa's chrysanthemums

Policemen looking for the tinker

Elisa never finds out who they are

Men who want to buy Henry's steer
12 Who wrote "The Chrysanthemums"?

Virginia Woolf

John Steinbeck

Jack London

E.B. White
13 Where is the Salinas Valley?

New York

Kansas

Idaho

California
14 What type of ranch does Henry Allen own?

A dude ranch

A vacation ranch with a hotel on it

A cattle ranch

A chicken ranch
15 What do Henry and Elisa decide to do in town?

They don't decide

Go to dinner and a fight

Go to a movie and a fight

Go to dinner and a movie
16 Why does Elisa almost touch the tinker's leg?

She is curious what fabric the tinker's pants are made of

She wants to hurt the tinker because he's scaring her

She is frightened and wants comfort

She is moved by her own words, and has become physically attracted to the tinker in the moment
17 Why does the tinker insist Elisa couldn't live his itinerant lifestyle?

She wouldn't be able to grow her chrysanthemums on the road

She would be scared and lonely on the road

She would get sick riding in a bumpy wagon

She does not have enough money to survive on the road
18 What season does the story take place in?

Summer

Spring

Fall

Winter
19 What is the tinker's name?

It is never revealed

Sam

Henry

David
20 Why does Elisa give the tinker a flowerpot with chrysanthemum sprouts in it?

She wants him to give them to a woman down the road who doesn't have any chrysanthemums in her garden

She wants him to keep them because he doesn't have any chrysanthemums in his garden

She wants him to keep them to remember her by because he's in love with her

She doesn't know why she gives them to him
21 How many children do Elisa and Henry have?

0

1

4

2
22 Who drives Elisa in to town at the end of the story?

The tinker

Henry

She drives herself

The two strangers
23 How old is Elisa?

35

40

It is never revealed

30
24 How old is Henry?

50

40

It is never revealed

46
25 How old is the tinker?

It is never revealed

40

46

50

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