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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Leona notice about the “vacant” lot?
(a) Planting in the hard soil is difficult.
(b) It has dangerous people in it.
(c) It is filled with bugs.
(d) It has heaps of trash.

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

3. What lake can Ana see?
(a) Lake Placid.
(b) Lake Ontario.
(c) Lake Riha.
(d) Lake Erie.

4. What does Ana realize she has done after digging something up?
(a) Committed a crime.
(b) Hurt herself.
(c) Hurt the bean plants.
(d) Killed a rat.

5. What does Sam try to do in the world?
(a) Learn the dictionary.
(b) Patch up the world.
(c) Learn all the languages.
(d) Fix fences.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was Tio Juan distraught?

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

3. What happens when a man throws a bottle into the lot in the chapter “Sam”?

4. What is Tio Juan doing when Gonzalo finds him?

5. Why does Kim choose a place behind a refrigerator?

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