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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Virgil’s father do in Haiti?
(a) He drove an ambulance.
(b) He drove a bus.
(c) He drove a taxi.
(d) He drove a garbage truck.

2. What begins to happen to Curtis’ plants?
(a) They begin to be stolen.
(b) They begin to overgrow.
(c) They begin to sell well.
(d) They begin to die.

3. Why does Sae Young want to join the garden?
(a) She likes being outdoors.
(b) She misses farming at home.
(c) She needs the food.
(d) She wants to be with people again.

4. Why did Sae Young and her husband find the business they bought in the U.S. their best option?
(a) It didn’t take much money to start.
(b) They didn’t have to speak English well.
(c) They were paid a higher wage.
(d) It was close to home.

5. 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) He threw a bottle into the garden.
(d) She threw food waste into the garden.

6. What does Virgil’s father promise he will buy?
(a) A new car.
(b) Tickets to Haiti.
(c) An eighteen-speed bike.
(d) A new house.

7. What is Maricela told will help her in tea?
(a) Tomatoes.
(b) Nutmeg.
(c) Eggplant.
(d) Goldenrod.

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

9. What do many of the gardeners do in the chapter “Amir”?
(a) Give away their foods.
(b) Sell their food.
(c) Riot.
(d) Hide their food.

10. What does Leona tell Maricela that makes her think differently?
(a) That she is pretty.
(b) That she is part of a natural system.
(c) That she shouldn't be ashamed.
(d) That she is wrong to be pregnant.

11. Who does Nora ache to tell of the garden?
(a) Mr. Myles.
(b) Tourists.
(c) Her children.
(d) Her husband.

12. What does Nora notice about Mr. Myles when he is working?
(a) He is talkative.
(b) He is irritable.
(c) He becomes more tired.
(d) He is more alive.

13. Why does everyone give Maricela advice?
(a) She is pregnant.
(b) She is disabled.
(c) She is black.
(d) She is malnurished.

14. Who does Maricela meet that she feels she can talk to?
(a) Leona.
(b) Nora.
(c) Penny.
(d) Mrs. Fleck.

15. What is the winning solution to Sam’s contest?
(a) Run a hose from the spigot outside.
(b) Carry water from the basement apartments.
(c) Let the rainwater run through the spouts to garbage cans.
(d) Put in a sprinkler system.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Saw Young feel a part of?

2. What happens to his shovel when Virgil tries to dig?

3. What praise does the Italian woman give to Amir?

4. What happens to one of the dealers at the lot in the chapter “Virgil”?

5. What first causes Mr. Myles to respond?

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