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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What has Kim done to her own plants in the chapter “Wendell”?
(a) Ringed them with dirt.
(b) Trimmed them.
(c) Removed them.
(d) Killed them.

2. What type of neighborhood is Ana’s?
(a) Working class.
(b) Elitist.
(c) White collar.
(d) Impoverished.

3. Who does Ana see burying something from her window?
(a) Joe.
(b) Wilbur.
(c) A homeless man.
(d) Kim.

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

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

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

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

8. Who does Sam hire to garden for him?
(a) Kim.
(b) A middle-aged man.
(c) An older woman.
(d) A teenager.

9. What is the result of Leona’s efforts with the city?
(a) She is yelled at.
(b) She is given a meeting with officials.
(c) She is taken to jail.
(d) She is thrown out.

10. What is Tio Juan doing when Gonzalo finds him?
(a) Trying to tell Wendell something.
(b) Trying to water his seeds.
(c) Trying to find plants.
(d) Trying to find Kim.

11. What language does Tio Juan speak?
(a) Spanish.
(b) English.
(c) French.
(d) An Indian language.

12. Gonzalo says Tio Juan recognizes the seeds like what?
(a) Seeds at home.
(b) Children.
(c) Family.
(d) Old friends.

13. Why does Kim choose a place behind a refrigerator?
(a) She wants it to be seen.
(b) She wants it to be dark.
(c) She wants to be hidden.
(d) She wants it to be cold.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Kim from?

2. What does Wendell do for a living?

3. What does Kim hope will happen in the photo at the beginning of the book?

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

5. How did Wendell’s son die?

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