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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 do for a living?
(a) Works in banking.
(b) He is a doctor.
(c) Owns a fabric store.
(d) Runs a gas station.

2. What does Nora bring for Mr. Myles to plant?
(a) Flowers and vegetables.
(b) Flowers and fruit trees.
(c) Vegetables and fruit trees.
(d) Fruit trees.

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

4. What does Curtis grow for Lateesha?
(a) Onions.
(b) Potatoes.
(c) Beans.
(d) Tomatoes.

5. Why does Royce sleep in the garden?
(a) He steals the food to eat.
(b) He is homeless.
(c) His father is abusive.
(d) He is an orphan.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the winning solution to Sam’s contest?

2. To what does Amir compare the day of the feast?

3. What does Curtis hire Royce to do?

4. Who does Maricela see in the garden?

5. What does the Mexican family do that entices others?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Virgil eventually feel pity for his father?

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

3. Describe what happened to make Sae Young afraid of the world.

4. What happens to the lettuce in the chapter “Virgil”?

5. Why does everyone in the garden want to help the girls in the chapter “Maricela”?

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

7. What brings Sae Young back out into the world, and why?

8. What causes Sae Young to feel a part of the community again?

9. What is Mr. Myles’ reaction to the garden?

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

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