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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Leona do that hurries things along with the city?
(a) She begins to have the group chant.
(b) She opens the garbage bag in the office.
(c) She has the mayor with her.
(d) She has the petition signed.

4. What does Ana find when she digs something up?
(a) A bean plant.
(b) Money.
(c) Drugs.
(d) A locket.

5. Who frightens Wendell?
(a) Joe.
(b) Sam.
(c) Kim.
(d) Ana.

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

7. Where does Gonzalo find Tio Juan?
(a) The vacant lot.
(b) Behind the store.
(c) At home.
(d) In front of the store.

8. Why did Gonzalo’s father make Gonzalo talk to everyone for him?
(a) Because his father was shy.
(b) Because his father couldn’t speak English.
(c) Because his father was deaf.
(d) Because his father was mute.

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

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

11. What does Kim hope will happen in the photo at the beginning of the book?
(a) Her sister will move.
(b) Her brother will walk.
(c) Her mother will speak.
(d) Her father’s eyes will move.

12. How did the plants survive the cold?
(a) They didn't; they died.
(b) The refrigerator bounced back heat.
(c) Beans are cold weather plants.
(d) Kim heated them.

13. Where is Kim from?
(a) San Francisco.
(b) Vietnam.
(c) China.
(d) Omaha.

14. What did Kim’s father do for a living?
(a) He was a mechanic.
(b) He was a drug dealer.
(c) He was a farmer.
(d) He was a doctor.

15. What does Kim plant?
(a) Tomatoes.
(b) Lettuce.
(c) Beans.
(d) Eggplants.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sam note at the end of his Chapter about the garden?

2. Who helps Sam with his water?

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

4. How did Gonzalo learn English?

5. What does Ana blame for the loss of population?

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