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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 does Ana use to dig?
(a) Her hands.
(b) A butter knife.
(c) A shovel.
(d) Her cane.

2. Where is Gonzalo from?
(a) New York.
(b) Mexico.
(c) Guatemala.
(d) Spain.

3. Why does Kim choose a place behind a refrigerator?
(a) She wants it to be cold.
(b) She wants it to be seen.
(c) She wants to be hidden.
(d) She wants it to be dark.

4. Whose picture is Kim staring at during the opening of the book?
(a) Her father's.
(b) Her brother's.
(c) Her mother's.
(d) Her sister's.

5. When was the last time Sam had a garden?
(a) He has never had a garden.
(b) He was a child.
(c) He was still in college.
(d) He was newly married.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Wendell do the following Monday?

2. What does Sam grow?

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

4. Who helps Sam with his water?

5. What does Ana suspect this person burying something actually buried?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why do you think Ana is so suspicious of Kim?

3. What is the problem with water in the lot, and how does Sam deal with it?

4. Why do you think Tio Juan becomes “childish” in the book?

5. How does gardening help Tio Juan in the chapter “Gonzalo”?

6. What were Leona’s grandmother’s experiences with doctors?

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

8. What tragedies has Wendell experienced, and what are the effects on his life?

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

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

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