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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. What has Tio Juan become?
(a) A worker.
(b) A man.
(c) A father.
(d) A baby.

2. What was yesterday, for Kim?
(a) Her anniversary.
(b) The anniversary of her father’s death.
(c) Her birthday.
(d) Her brother's birthday.

3. What does Leona want to grow in the garden?
(a) Goldenrod.
(b) Nutmeg.
(c) Flowers.
(d) Potatoes.

4. What does Wendell do for a living?
(a) He is a school janitor.
(b) He is a police offer.
(c) He is a teacher.
(d) He is unemployed.

5. What does Leona take with her to see the city?
(a) A bag of garbage.
(b) A signed petition.
(c) A group of people.
(d) A request for service.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does mother purchase for Tio Juan?

2. What does Sam grow?

3. What is Tio Juan doing when Gonzalo finds him?

4. What caused Ana to dig up the object she saw being burried?

5. What does Gonzalo hope as he helps Tio Juan?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the chapter “Wendell” begin to show that words are not necessary to bring cultures together?

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

3. Why do you think Ana attempts to correct her mistake?

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

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

6. Why does Kim plant beans in the vacant lot?

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

8. How do the plants give Wendell hope?

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

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

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