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

2. Why has Kim never seen her father?
(a) He died before she was born.
(b) He left them.
(c) He is still in China.
(d) She is blind.

3. Why does Wendell ring the plant with dirt?
(a) To hold in the water.
(b) To protect it from bugs.
(c) To hold in the heat.
(d) To mark it as his.

4. What does Wendell do the following Monday?
(a) Begins his own garden in the lot.
(b) Helps Ana start a garden.
(c) Dies.
(d) Talks to Kim.

5. Who calls Wendell to their apartment?
(a) Ana.
(b) Sam.
(c) Kim.
(d) Joe.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Ana see burying something from her window?

2. Why did Gonzalo’s father make Gonzalo talk to everyone for him?

3. What lake can Ana see?

4. What is Tio Juan doing when Gonzalo finds him?

5. Why was Tio Juan distraught?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the bottle incident, and Sam’s fears.

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

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

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

5. Why does Leona want to plant goldenrod?

6. How do the plants give Wendell hope?

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

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

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

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

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