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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Wendell do to show the person who frightened him that he means well?
(a) He walks away.
(b) He starts a conversation.
(c) He smiles.
(d) He waters all the plants.

4. How did Wendell’s son die?
(a) He was shot.
(b) He died of cancer.
(c) He was stillborn.
(d) He was in a car accident.

5. What does Ana find when she digs something up?
(a) Drugs.
(b) A bean plant.
(c) A locket.
(d) Money.

6. What is the result of Leona’s efforts with the city?
(a) She is thrown out.
(b) She is yelled at.
(c) She is given a meeting with officials.
(d) She is taken to jail.

7. How did Gonzalo learn English?
(a) His uncle.
(b) School.
(c) TV and the playground.
(d) His mother.

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

9. What type of neighborhood is Ana’s?
(a) Working class.
(b) White collar.
(c) Elitist.
(d) Impoverished.

10. Who does Ana see burying something from her window?
(a) A homeless man.
(b) Kim.
(c) Joe.
(d) Wilbur.

11. What is the “Garcia Equation”?
(a) The idea that when you move to Spain, you get younger the older you are.
(b) The idea that when you move to the U.S., you get younger the older you are.
(c) The estimated growing season for lettuce.
(d) The idea that when you move to Mexico, you get younger the older you are.

12. What word does Sam use for the garden?
(a) Paradise.
(b) Beautiful.
(c) Lovely.
(d) Eden.

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

14. What does Leona do to force the city to see her?
(a) She talks to her local mayor.
(b) She gets a petition together.
(c) She goes to the Public Health office in person.
(d) She takes a group to the lot to protest.

15. What does Sam note is a hobby of his?
(a) Inventing.
(b) Gardening.
(c) Studying words.
(d) Selling things.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Gonzalo find Tio Juan?

2. Why does Kim choose a place behind a refrigerator?

3. What does Kim plant?

4. What does Wendell realize about the plants?

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

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