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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Leona want to grow in the garden?
(a) Flowers.
(b) Goldenrod.
(c) Potatoes.
(d) Nutmeg.

2. How did the plants survive the cold?
(a) Beans are cold weather plants.
(b) They didn't; they died.
(c) Kim heated them.
(d) The refrigerator bounced back heat.

3. How does Ana measure the passing time in her neighborhood?
(a) By the length of grass in the yard.
(b) By the price of her rent.
(c) By the amount of garbage in the lot.
(d) By the race and heritage of people moving in and out.

4. What does Wendell do that evening, after being frightened?
(a) Speaks to Kim.
(b) Checks on the beans.
(c) Plants his own garden.
(d) Speaks to Kim's mother.

5. What did Kim’s father do for a living?
(a) He was a drug dealer.
(b) He was a farmer.
(c) He was a mechanic.
(d) He was a doctor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the “Garcia Equation”?

2. Who frightens Wendell?

3. Whose picture is Kim staring at during the opening of the book?

4. What does mother purchase for Tio Juan?

5. Why does Leona know about complaining to officials?

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