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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Wendell say the beans were lucky to have lived?
(a) The ground was too dry.
(b) The ground was too hard.
(c) Kim planted them too early.
(d) Kim planted them too late.

2. How did Gonzalo learn English?
(a) His uncle.
(b) His mother.
(c) School.
(d) TV and the playground.

3. What happens when a man throws a bottle into the lot in the chapter “Sam”?
(a) Someone is killed.
(b) Someone is shot.
(c) Another man throws the bottle back into an apartment.
(d) Sam becomes angry.

4. What does Sam note is a hobby of his?
(a) Selling things.
(b) Gardening.
(c) Studying words.
(d) Inventing.

5. Who helps Sam with his water?
(a) A teenager.
(b) An older woman.
(c) An old man.
(d) A third grader.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ana buy at the end of the chapter titled “Ana”?

2. How did Wendell’s wife die?

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

4. How did the plants survive the cold?

5. What does Kim hope will happen in the photo at the beginning of the book?

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