Seedfolks Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 116 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Seedfolks Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 116 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word does Sam use for the garden?

2. What does Gonzalo hope as he helps Tio Juan?

3. In what year did Ana move into the area?

4. Who cleans out the lot at the beginning of the chapter “Sam”?

5. What does Ana suspect this person burying something actually buried?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Gonzalo end up having to “babysit” his uncle?

2. What were Leona’s grandmother’s experiences with doctors?

3. Why do you think Ana is so suspicious of Kim?

4. Why does Ana purchase binoculars at the end of the chapter titled “Ana”?

5. What does Gonzalo learn about his equation by the end of the chapter “Gonzalo”?

6. Why does Leona decide she needs to do something about the lot?

7. What does Wendell mean when he discusses the phrase “And a little child shall lead them”?

8. Why do you think Kim wants to remain hidden when she plants?

9. Why do you think Tio Juan becomes “childish” in the book?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Briefly go through each of the characters in the novel, and explain how the garden helped to improve their lives, circumstances, or outlook on life. Be sure to include details of each story to show an understanding of how the garden affected the characters.

Essay Topic 2

Maricela’s story is a very powerful one in the novel. Describe Maricela’s life at the beginning of the novel. Why does she feel so persecuted? What does she hope for? Who changes this, and why? How does the garden help her to begin to accept her state, and her future?

Essay Topic 3

Kim and Curtis both use the garden to prove something. Discuss these characters in detail, and explain what the garden is helping them to prove, either to themselves, or to others, living or deceased. What are these characters able to show through their gardening? How are they able to connect to their loved ones?

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