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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to his shovel when Virgil tries to dig?
(a) It hits water.
(b) It breaks.
(c) It bounces off the ground.
(d) Virgil doesn’t have a shovel.

2. How did Wendell’s wife die?
(a) She was in a car accident.
(b) She died of old age.
(c) She died of cancer.
(d) She was shot.

3. What does Curtis hire Royce to do?
(a) Build a cage.
(b) Water his plants.
(c) Keep an eye on Lateesha.
(d) Watch his plants.

4. What does Curtis begin to worry about?
(a) Being shot.
(b) Dying.
(c) Drought.
(d) Blight.

5. What does Curtis see when he looks up at the end of the chapter “Curtis”?
(a) Lateesha, watching him.
(b) Another girl, watching him admiringly.
(c) His mother, smiling at him.
(d) An angel.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Lateesha do when she learned of Curtis’ other women?

2. Why does Virgil’s dad want to plant a garden?

3. What does Royce do in exchange for food?

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

5. Why does Royce sleep in the garden?

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