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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to one of the dealers at the lot in the chapter “Virgil”?
(a) A rat runs up his leg.
(b) He is arrested.
(c) A mouse bites him.
(d) He is shot.

2. What praise does the Italian woman give to Amir?
(a) She likes his accent.
(b) She finds him attractive.
(c) She admires his eggplants.
(d) She compliments his family.

3. What was Lateesha always talking about?
(a) Leaving Cleveland.
(b) Having a family.
(c) Tomatoes.
(d) Growing old.

4. Why did Sae Young and her husband find the business they bought in the U.S. their best option?
(a) It didn’t take much money to start.
(b) They didn’t have to speak English well.
(c) They were paid a higher wage.
(d) It was close to home.

5. What does Sae Young grow?
(a) Hot peppers.
(b) Eggplant.
(c) Garlic.
(d) Onions.

6. What does Curtis hire Royce to do?
(a) Watch his plants.
(b) Water his plants.
(c) Keep an eye on Lateesha.
(d) Build a cage.

7. What speech impediment does Royce have?
(a) He is mute.
(b) A cleft palate.
(c) A stutter.
(d) A lisp.

8. Why does Sae Young want to join the garden?
(a) She likes being outdoors.
(b) She wants to be with people again.
(c) She needs the food.
(d) She misses farming at home.

9. Who does Maricela meet that she feels she can talk to?
(a) Nora.
(b) Mrs. Fleck.
(c) Penny.
(d) Leona.

10. What does Royce do in exchange for food?
(a) He runs errands.
(b) He is a handyman.
(c) He beats people up.
(d) He cleans apartments.

11. What does one of the gardens have as a gate door?
(a) A piece of plastic.
(b) A car door.
(c) A wooden door.
(d) Barbed wire.

12. What did Sae Young and her husband buy when they arrived in the U.S.?
(a) A dry cleaning store.
(b) A beauty salon.
(c) A grocery store.
(d) A restaurant.

13. What does Virgil’s father promise he will buy?
(a) A new house.
(b) A new car.
(c) Tickets to Haiti.
(d) An eighteen-speed bike.

14. To what does Amir compare the day of the feast?
(a) New Year's.
(b) Christmas.
(c) Halloween.
(d) Harvest festival.

15. What did ancient Egyptians advise for the mad?
(a) Walks through a garden.
(b) Planting the soil.
(c) Nutmeg.
(d) Goldenrod.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Royce paid for this job?

2. What first causes Mr. Myles to respond?

3. What does the garden remind Amir of?

4. What does Leona tell Maricela that makes her think differently?

5. What did Virgil’s father do in Haiti?

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