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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What word does Sam use for the garden?
(a) Paradise.
(b) Eden.
(c) Lovely.
(d) Beautiful.
2. What does Ana see Kim doing the following day, after Ana dug something up?
(a) Planting new items.
(b) Watering the plant.
(c) Digging up the object.
(d) Dealing drugs.
3. What does Leona notice about the “vacant” lot?
(a) It has dangerous people in it.
(b) It has heaps of trash.
(c) It is filled with bugs.
(d) Planting in the hard soil is difficult.
4. What problem does Sam complain of, in terms of water?
(a) The lot floods.
(b) There isn’t any in the lot.
(c) Water for the lot is expensive.
(d) The faucets in the lot need repair.
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 doctor.
(d) He was a mechanic.
6. How old is Kim?
(a) 25.
(b) 14.
(c) 12.
(d) 9.
7. What caused Ana to dig up the object she saw being burried?
(a) Kim saw her watching.
(b) She was worried for the baby.
(c) She was worried about Kim.
(d) Kim threatened her.
8. What does Leona do to force the city to see her?
(a) She talks to her local mayor.
(b) She gets a petition together.
(c) She goes to the Public Health office in person.
(d) She takes a group to the lot to protest.
9. Why does Leona know about complaining to officials?
(a) She has a child with special needs.
(b) She is a nun.
(c) She is a parole officer.
(d) She has two kids in a dangerous high school.
10. When was the last time Sam had a garden?
(a) He was still in college.
(b) He was newly married.
(c) He has never had a garden.
(d) He was a child.
11. What does Sam grow?
(a) Carrots.
(b) Eggplant.
(c) Beans.
(d) Pumpkins.
12. What did Leona’s grandma lay on the graves of her physicians?
(a) Nutmeg.
(b) Goldenrod.
(c) Flowers.
(d) Iron pills.
13. What does Kim wonder about her father?
(a) If he is alive.
(b) If he misses her.
(c) If he can see her.
(d) If his spirit knows her.
14. Who is Garcia?
(a) Gonzalo’s teacher.
(b) Gonzalo’s family.
(c) Gonzalo's father.
(d) Gonzalo's uncle.
15. How did Wendell’s wife die?
(a) She was shot.
(b) She died of old age.
(c) She died of cancer.
(d) She was in a car accident.
Short Answer Questions
1. How did the plants survive the cold?
2. Whose picture is Kim staring at during the opening of the book?
3. What did Leona’s grandmother drink each day?
4. How did Gonzalo learn English?
5. What does Kim hope will happen in the photo at the beginning of the book?
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