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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What caused Ana to dig up the object she saw being burried?
(a) Kim threatened her.
(b) Kim saw her watching.
(c) She was worried about Kim.
(d) She was worried for the baby.

2. Who actually owns the lot?
(a) The U.S. Government.
(b) The building owner.
(c) The county.
(d) The city.

3. How does Leona prepare for a day of calling the government?
(a) She drinks water and listens to music.
(b) She bakes a cake.
(c) She writes a letter first.
(d) She exercises.

4. What does Wendell realize about the plants?
(a) They are not going to survive.
(b) They can protect the ground.
(c) The make him happy.
(d) They give him hope for change.

5. What does Kim wonder about her father?
(a) If he is alive.
(b) If his spirit knows her.
(c) If he can see her.
(d) If he misses her.

6. When was the last time Sam had a garden?
(a) He has never had a garden.
(b) He was newly married.
(c) He was still in college.
(d) He was a child.

7. Why does Leona know about complaining to officials?
(a) She is a parole officer.
(b) She has two kids in a dangerous high school.
(c) She is a nun.
(d) She has a child with special needs.

8. Who cleans out the lot at the beginning of the chapter “Sam”?
(a) The garbage company.
(b) Prisoners.
(c) The community.
(d) Leona and her family.

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

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

11. What problem does Sam complain of, in terms of water?
(a) The lot floods.
(b) The faucets in the lot need repair.
(c) Water for the lot is expensive.
(d) There isn’t any in the lot.

12. Where did Leona grow up?
(a) Las Vegas.
(b) Virginia.
(c) Atlanta.
(d) Los Angeles.

13. What has Tio Juan become?
(a) A man.
(b) A father.
(c) A worker.
(d) A baby.

14. In what year did Ana move into the area?
(a) 1919.
(b) 1880.
(c) 1980.
(d) 1960.

15. How did Wendell’s wife die?
(a) She died of old age.
(b) She was in a car accident.
(c) She was shot.
(d) She died of cancer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What lake can Ana see?

2. Why did Gonzalo’s father make Gonzalo talk to everyone for him?

3. What is the result of Leona’s efforts with the city?

4. What does Kim plant?

5. What does Ana use to dig?

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