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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Sam notice about the gardeners, in terms of location?
(a) The garden only has blacks, like the community.
(b) The garden only has whites, like the community.
(c) The garden is segregated, like the community.
(d) The garden is mixed well in terms of cultural diversity.

3. What does Wendell do for a living?
(a) He is a teacher.
(b) He is a school janitor.
(c) He is unemployed.
(d) He is a police offer.

4. What does Leona take with her to see the city?
(a) A group of people.
(b) A bag of garbage.
(c) A request for service.
(d) A signed petition.

5. What does Sam grow?
(a) Carrots.
(b) Beans.
(c) Pumpkins.
(d) Eggplant.

6. Why was Tio Juan distraught?
(a) He works too hard.
(b) He is insane.
(c) He is bored.
(d) He has no family.

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

8. How long had Kim not been tending the plants?
(a) Over a month.
(b) Two weeks.
(c) Four days.
(d) One day.

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

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

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

12. What does Sam note at the end of his Chapter about the garden?
(a) It is a safe haven.
(b) It is turning from Cleveland into Eden.
(c) It is turning from Eden back into Cleveland.
(d) It is a waste of time.

13. How old is Kim?
(a) 25.
(b) 9.
(c) 12.
(d) 14.

14. What does Wendell do to show the person who frightened him that he means well?
(a) He walks away.
(b) He waters all the plants.
(c) He smiles.
(d) He starts a conversation.

15. How old was Leona’s grandma when she died?
(a) 80.
(b) 102.
(c) 50.
(d) 99.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has Kim done to her own plants in the chapter “Wendell”?

2. Who actually owns the lot?

3. What language does Tio Juan speak?

4. What does Ana realize she has done after digging something up?

5. What does Gonzalo hope as he helps Tio Juan?

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