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

2. What does Sam notice about the gardeners, in terms of location?
(a) The garden is segregated, like the community.
(b) The garden is mixed well in terms of cultural diversity.
(c) The garden only has whites, like the community.
(d) The garden only has blacks, like the community.

3. Who cleans out the lot at the beginning of the chapter “Sam”?
(a) Prisoners.
(b) The garbage company.
(c) The community.
(d) Leona and her family.

4. Where does Gonzalo find Tio Juan?
(a) In front of the store.
(b) Behind the store.
(c) The vacant lot.
(d) At home.

5. What caused Ana to dig up the object she saw being burried?
(a) She was worried for the baby.
(b) Kim threatened her.
(c) Kim saw her watching.
(d) She was worried about Kim.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Wendell do to show the person who frightened him that he means well?

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

3. How old was Leona’s grandma when she died?

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

5. Why does Kim plant something?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Leona want to plant goldenrod?

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

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

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

6. Why does Kim wonder about whether her father sees her?

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

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

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

10. What is the “Garcia Equation”?

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