What is a question that you can ask yourself while reading to you identify main ideas

In marigolds, which character can be described as having a laugh so loud that the great oak seemed to laugh with it?

Which words or phrases from this passage best demonstrate logos?

What is the narrator's main conflict in this passage? a. he doesn't like someone mispronouncing his name. b. he has a history of beating up kids he doesn't like. c. he has a violent temper that he cannot control. d. he doesn't like "the kid" he mentions in the paragraph.