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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens if Nora and Mr. Myles are absent a few days?
(a) Their plants are stolen.
(b) The other gardeners are worried.
(c) Their plot is taken by someone else.
(d) Their plants are cared for by others.

2. What does Sae Young grow?
(a) Hot peppers.
(b) Garlic.
(c) Eggplant.
(d) Onions.

3. What does the garden remind Amir of?
(a) His parents’ Persian rug.
(b) The jungle.
(c) A spider web.
(d) A vine.

4. What was Lateesha always talking about?
(a) Having a family.
(b) Growing old.
(c) Tomatoes.
(d) Leaving Cleveland.

5. What does Amir find himself doing with Royce and another?
(a) Selling produce.
(b) Chasing a purse thief.
(c) Starting a shelter.
(d) Saving a kitten.

6. What does Royce and another man build in September?
(a) A shelter.
(b) A birdhouse.
(c) A barbecue.
(d) A house.

7. Who does Nora ache to tell of the garden?
(a) Mr. Myles.
(b) Tourists.
(c) Her husband.
(d) Her children.

8. What does Sae Young compare the garden community to?
(a) A family.
(b) Korea.
(c) The community.
(d) Her home.

9. What does Sae Young purchase to help in Sam’s contest?
(a) Hoses.
(b) Three funnels.
(c) Jugs for water.
(d) Garbage cans.

10. What does Mr. Myles command with a wave of his arm?
(a) Nora to turn off the television.
(b) Nora to continue past the garden.
(c) Nora to enter the garden.
(d) Nora to tear down the poster.

11. Why does Virgil’s dad want to plant a garden?
(a) To be part of a community.
(b) To feed his family.
(c) To make money.
(d) To prove he can grow things.

12. What first causes Mr. Myles to respond?
(a) A televisions show.
(b) The garden.
(c) A political message.
(d) An ad for flowers.

13. What surprises Virgil about his father?
(a) He is angry.
(b) He lies.
(c) He is afraid.
(d) He is ambitious.

14. What is the result of the rainstorm?
(a) Nora is hurt.
(b) Mr. Myles dies.
(c) Nora and Mr. Myles get to know the others.
(d) Nora and Mr. Myles’ plants are ruined.

15. Why does Penny involve the garden?
(a) She is trying to help the mothers grow food.
(b) She is trying to help the mothers gain community standing.
(c) She is trying to help the mothers learn discipline.
(d) She is trying to help the mothers learn to appreciate life.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Royce do in exchange for food?

2. What does Saw Young feel a part of?

3. What does Curtis see when he looks up at the end of the chapter “Curtis”?

4. By the end of the chapter “Maricela”, what is Maricela no longer praying for?

5. What does Nora use to allow Mr. Myles to plant?

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