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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Who is Garcia?
(a) Gonzalo’s family.
(b) Gonzalo's father.
(c) Gonzalo’s teacher.
(d) Gonzalo's uncle.

5. What does Sam note about the trash in the lot?
(a) The lot is now cleaned weekly.
(b) The gardeners throw their trash in the lot.
(c) People continue to use the lot as a trash can.
(d) The problem has been eliminated.

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

7. What does Ana do with the object she dug up?
(a) Eats it.
(b) Takes it to the police.
(c) Replants it.
(d) Pawn it.

8. Who calls Wendell to their apartment?
(a) Joe.
(b) Ana.
(c) Kim.
(d) Sam.

9. Why does Wendell say the beans were lucky to have lived?
(a) The ground was too hard.
(b) Kim planted them too late.
(c) The ground was too dry.
(d) Kim planted them too early.

10. Who helps Sam with his water?
(a) A teenager.
(b) An older woman.
(c) An old man.
(d) A third grader.

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

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

13. Where is Kim living?
(a) New York.
(b) Ohio.
(c) Cleveland.
(d) South America.

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

15. What does Ana realize she has done after digging something up?
(a) Hurt herself.
(b) Committed a crime.
(c) Hurt the bean plants.
(d) Killed a rat.

Short Answer Questions

1. What lake can Ana see?

2. What does Leona take with her to see the city?

3. What does Leona do to force the city to see her?

4. What has Tio Juan become?

5. Whose picture is Kim staring at during the opening of the book?

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