5. How does Sam get people to open up?
(a) He has a counseling office.
(b) He smiles at them.
(c) He asks about their children.
(d) He asks about their pets.

6. What happens when Leona tries calling around?
(a) She becomes annoyed.
(b) She is given the run around.
(c) She gives up.
(d) She is immediately given answers.

7. Why did Gonzalo’s father make Gonzalo talk to everyone for him?
(a) Because his father was deaf.
(b) Because his father couldn’t speak English.
(c) Because his father was shy.
(d) Because his father was mute.

8. Who is Garcia?
(a) Gonzalo’s family.
(b) Gonzalo's father.
(c) Gonzalo’s teacher.
(d) Gonzalo's uncle.

9. Why does Leona know about complaining to officials?
(a) She is a parole officer.
(b) She is a nun.
(c) She has two kids in a dangerous high school.
(d) She has a child with special needs.

10. What has Kim done to her own plants in the chapter “Wendell”?
(a) Ringed them with dirt.
(b) Killed them.
(c) Trimmed them.
(d) Removed them.

11. What does Wendell do to show the person who frightened him that he means well?
(a) He starts a conversation.
(b) He waters all the plants.
(c) He smiles.
(d) He walks away.

12. How did the plants survive the cold?
(a) They didn't; they died.
(b) The refrigerator bounced back heat.
(c) Kim heated them.
(d) Beans are cold weather plants.

13. What does Ana find when she digs something up?
(a) Money.
(b) A bean plant.
(c) A locket.
(d) Drugs.

14. What does Sam try to do in the world?
(a) Learn the dictionary.
(b) Fix fences.
(c) Learn all the languages.
(d) Patch up the world.

15. What does Leona do to force the city to see her?
(a) She talks to her local mayor.
(b) She takes a group to the lot to protest.
(c) She gets a petition together.
(d) She goes to the Public Health office in person.