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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 Amir find himself doing with Royce and another?
(a) Chasing a purse thief.
(b) Saving a kitten.
(c) Starting a shelter.
(d) Selling produce.

2. What does Virgil’s father do in America?
(a) He drives a bus.
(b) He drives an ambulance.
(c) He drives a garbage truck.
(d) He drives a taxi.

3. How did Sae Young’s husband die?
(a) He was shot.
(b) Cancer.
(c) Heart attack.
(d) Diabetes.

4. Why does the third grade teacher go yell at someone in “Maricela”?
(a) She threw urine into the garden.
(b) She threw a tire into the garden.
(c) She threw food waste into the garden.
(d) He threw a bottle into the garden.

5. What happens to one of the dealers at the lot in the chapter “Virgil”?
(a) A rat runs up his leg.
(b) A mouse bites him.
(c) He is shot.
(d) He is arrested.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Curtis hire Royce to do?

2. Who is the black taxi driver that runs through the garden to water lettuce?

3. What does Curtis begin to worry about?

4. What did Lateesha do when she learned of Curtis’ other women?

5. Why does everyone give Maricela advice?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain why Virgil becomes angry and ashamed at his father.

2. Describe what Nora does to allow Mr. Myles to garden.

3. What is Nora’s relationship with Mr. Myles?

4. Why does Virgil’s father lie to Mrs. Fleck, and what does he say?

5. Describe Sam’s contest, and the winning idea.

6. What does Amir learn about his misconceptions of cultures?

7. What is the point of the program for teen mothers?

8. Explain Sae Young’s life prior to her “accident”?

9. How does Leona help Maricela see things differently?

10. How does Amir compare the U.S. to India?

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