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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 did Leona’s grandma lay on the graves of her physicians?
(a) Flowers.
(b) Goldenrod.
(c) Iron pills.
(d) Nutmeg.

2. Who helps Sam with his water?
(a) An old man.
(b) A teenager.
(c) A third grader.
(d) An older woman.

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

4. What does Wendell do that evening, after being frightened?
(a) Speaks to Kim.
(b) Speaks to Kim's mother.
(c) Plants his own garden.
(d) Checks on the beans.

5. What does Wendell realize about the plants?
(a) The make him happy.
(b) They are not going to survive.
(c) They can protect the ground.
(d) They give him hope for change.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Leona do that hurries things along with the city?

2. Why has Kim never seen her father?

3. How did Wendell’s wife die?

4. What does Kim plant?

5. What does Ana find when she digs something up?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Gonzalo learn about his equation by the end of the chapter “Gonzalo”?

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

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

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

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

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

7. How does Leona finally convince the city officials to meet with her?

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

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

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

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