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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the result of Leona’s efforts with the city?
(a) She is thrown out.
(b) She is given a meeting with officials.
(c) She is taken to jail.
(d) She is yelled at.

2. What does Ana use to dig?
(a) Her hands.
(b) Her cane.
(c) A shovel.
(d) A butter knife.

3. What does Virgil’s father promise he will buy?
(a) A new house.
(b) Tickets to Haiti.
(c) An eighteen-speed bike.
(d) A new car.

4. What does Wendell do the following Monday?
(a) Helps Ana start a garden.
(b) Begins his own garden in the lot.
(c) Talks to Kim.
(d) Dies.

5. What does Virgil’s father do in America?
(a) He drives a taxi.
(b) He drives a garbage truck.
(c) He drives a bus.
(d) He drives an ambulance.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Wendell do for a living?

2. Why has Kim never seen her father?

3. What happens when Leona tries calling around?

4. What has Tio Juan become?

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

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