Seedfolks Quiz

Paul Fleischman

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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

Why does Leona take a bag of garbage from the vacant lot to the Public Health Department with her? (from Gonzalo, Leona, and Sam)

So she can show the officials a sample of what is in the vacant lot.

Sam suggests that Leona take the garbage with her to get the attention of the officials.

Leona does not take garbage with her to the Public Health Department.

So the officials will understand first hand the problem with the trash.

2.

Why does Florence call the people who start the first garden adjacent to Gibb Street seedfolk? (from Amir and Florence)

Florence calls them seedfolk because their relationships developed because of seeds.

Florence overhears the terms seedfolk from someone in the garden and decides to adopt the term.

To Florence, the word seedfolk refers to the people who start a project.

Florence does not refer to the people who work the garden as seedfolk.

3.

Why did Leona's grandmother keep a journal of doctor's deaths? (from Gonzalo, Leona, and Sam)

Leona's grandmother tried to get these doctors to take goldenrod but they refused.

Leona's grandmother killed doctors with goldenrod.

Leona's grandmother kept up with the doctors she believed she outlived because she did not take traditional medicine.

Leona's grandmother wanted to see how many doctors she could outlive.

4.

Why did Sae Young stop enjoying being around people? (from Virgil, Sae Young, and Curtis)

Sae Young never became afraid of people.

Sae Young became afraid of people because her English was broken.

Sae Young became afraid of people after her husband died.

Sae Young became afraid of people after she was robbed at gunpoint.

5.

Why does Sam reason that people continue to throw trash into the vacant lot even after it is cleaned up? (from Gonzalo, Leona, and Sam)

Sam believes the people are just too lazy to dispose of their trash properly.

Sam believes the people do not really want the vacant lot to be a thing of beauty.

Sam believes that people can not break the habits they have developed.

Sam believes the people can not afford to pay for public trash collection.

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