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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Amir.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the garden remind Amir of?
(a) A vine.
(b) The jungle.
(c) A spider web.
(d) His parents’ Persian rug.

2. What does Royce and another man build in September?
(a) A shelter.
(b) A house.
(c) A barbecue.
(d) A birdhouse.

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

4. What reason does Virgil’s father give for planting multiple areas?
(a) He is planting for relatives.
(b) He is experimenting with plants.
(c) He needs to feed his family.
(d) He pays a higher rent.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What excuse does the Italian woman give for her previous rudeness to Amir?

2. Why doesn’t the Polish woman thin her carrots?

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

4. What speech impediment does Royce have?

5. What does Virgil find in the dirt?

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