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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why has Kim never seen her father?
(a) She is blind.
(b) He died before she was born.
(c) He is still in China.
(d) He left them.

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

3. How does Leona prepare for a day of calling the government?
(a) She bakes a cake.
(b) She exercises.
(c) She writes a letter first.
(d) She drinks water and listens to music.

4. What does Ana see Kim doing the following day, after Ana dug something up?
(a) Planting new items.
(b) Watering the plant.
(c) Digging up the object.
(d) Dealing drugs.

5. What is the “Garcia Equation”?
(a) The estimated growing season for lettuce.
(b) The idea that when you move to Mexico, you get younger the older you are.
(c) The idea that when you move to Spain, you get younger the older you are.
(d) The idea that when you move to the U.S., you get younger the older you are.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Kim choose a place behind a refrigerator?

2. Where did Leona grow up?

3. What does Ana realize she has done after digging something up?

4. Why does Wendell say the beans were lucky to have lived?

5. Why does Kim plant something?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the bottle incident, and Sam’s fears.

2. What is the cultural problem Sam finds about the lot?

3. At the end of this chapter “Sam,” why does Sam claim the garden is a reflection of Cleveland?

4. Why does Leona decide she needs to do something about the lot?

5. What are Leona’s experiences with calling the city?

6. Why does Ana purchase binoculars at the end of the chapter titled “Ana”?

7. Why does Leona want to plant goldenrod?

8. Why do you think Kim wants to remain hidden when she plants?

9. How does Sam try to make people in the neighborhood friendlier?

10. Do you think Ana was right to go dig up something she thought was trouble?

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