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by Tami S. Blauser

Introduction to this Study Guide:
This is a companion Study Guide to the book The Basket of Flowers: A Tale for the Young (SAT Publications facsimile reproduction.) It was published separately from; but, as an aid to more thoroughly understanding and enjoying The Basket of Flowers.

How to Use this Study Guide:
This Study Guide is in consumable workbook form. After reading each chapter of The Basket of Flowers, this Study Guide provides the reader with questions and answers for review, thought, or discussion. The questions are meant to stretch the thoughts of all ages who use it. The questions graduate in difficulty. Whether you use this Study Guide as part of a curriculum for reading in your home school or as an aid to discussion at family worship, the questions are meant to focus the reader on the Scriptural truths that can be gleaned from The Basket of Flowers. To complete this Study Guide, you will need the Scripture, a pencil, and The Basket of Flowers (SAT Publications facsimile reproduction.)

The questions are meant to focus the reader on the scriptural truths that can be gleaned from The Basket of Flowers.

Excellent questions and thought provoking.  I see this will be very profitable for us... such sound and edifying works for kids are so needful, and there is definitely a shortage out there!

Several months ago you sent a review copy of Basket of Flowers along with your study guide. The material is excellent.
Inge Cannon

I bought 'The Basket of Flowers' with a Study Guide from you at the last Homeschool Curriculum Fair in Medford. I just recently had the time to go through it and I love it!  My problem is I've taken on another student and need a second Study Guide book.

Renee Newins

Excerpts
Each Study Guide chapter mirrors The Basket of Flowers and has five sections:

Section A is a comprehension test. This may be used to quiz the reader's ability to understand what the author has written in each chapter. It can be used as an actual test or as just a reminder of the content of each chapter, preparing the reader for the study questions in sections B, C, or D.

Section B is a series of questions directed toward the youngest reader. These questions are intended to be thought provoking whether it was read aloud or the young reader read it for himself. This section has been structured for the student to fill in the blanks or easily complete other elementary level exercises.

Section C is a series of questions directed toward the middle school or high school reader. These questions can be simply answered (space in the Study Guide is intended for this purpose) or, these questions can be used as a starting point for an essay.

Section D is a series of questions for the family, the study group, or the class to think about together. This section does not leave room for writing in the workbook as it is intended that the readers discuss it together. However, these questions may also be used as essay assignments for the advanced reader.

Section E is a list of Scriptural references. The list is organized in index fashion, designed to aid in identifying a portion of Scripture that verifies the author's statement. Thereby, the user having found a statement in question can look up a Scripture reference by page number first, then identifying the line number. These references are not all inclusive. They merely give the user of this Study Guide a point of reference and starting place for their own research.

There is an Answer Key at the back of the workbook. Answers are followed by page numbers from The Basket of Flowers, where appropriate, for easy reference.

A. Comprehension Test
Write true or false in the blanks provided.
1. The village where this story begins is Erlenbrunnen, Germany. __________
2. James was a gardener. __________
3. James and his wife had several children. __________

B. Study Questions for Grammar School Students
Fill in the blanks, using the Scriptural references as helps, to complete each sentence.

James loved to trace various emblems of the Saviour presented in the Scriptures.
1. The ____________ of David. (Rev. 22:16)
2. The ____________ of Righteousness. (Zech. 3:8; Jer. 23:5)
3. The _________________ of them that sleep. (I Cor. 15:20)
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15. Who were Mary's friends and companions? _______________________________________

16. According to the author, what does the love of flowers, rightly directed,do?
_________________________________________________________

17. What did James do the first hours of every morning?______________________

C. Study Questions for Secondary Education Students

Study the illustration at the frontispiece (opposite the title page) of the book. Answer the following questions about this picture.

1. What type of tool is Mary using?
2. We see only Mary's back in this picture. Why do you suppose the artist chose to draw her in this way rather than so we could see her face?
3. There are marks in the sky to the top left of the picture. These may be birds in flight or perhaps butterflies. What clues might tell you what time of year it may be in this picture?
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6. Find a Scripture verse to show the meaning of what the author describes in the last paragraph of page 10 and continuing to page 11 summed in this quote: "to remind them that this world is not their rest."
7. The author describes Mary as a "beautiful child" and "engaging" but doesn't describe physical beauty. What does he mean?
8. What was Mary able to do at 15 years of age?

D. Family Devotion and Group Study Questions

For Discussion:
1. What are the two principles in opposition that the author suggests on page seven?
2. James was a wise father. In seeing Mary's love for flowers did he ignore it; let it go unnoticed; remain disinterested? Why?
3. On page 14, the author writes that James "pointed (Mary to) lessons taught in Scripture from the rain and from the dew." Find some of these Scripture references together.
4. What is a "lesson of heavenly wisdom?"
5. Discuss what the author means when he describes James (on page 13) with "a spiritual eye which can see the Creator in his works."
6. In the quoted portion of Cowper's Task, Cowper writes in the last line "Prompts with remembrance of a present God." What does he mean when he ends his poem with this thought? How does that statement relate to the previous question "a spiritual eye which can see the Creator in his works?"

E. Scriptural References for Research and Study

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