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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What does Curtis hire Royce to do?
(a) Water his plants.
(b) Watch his plants.
(c) Keep an eye on Lateesha.
(d) Build a cage.
2. What does Amir grow?
(a) Beans.
(b) Tomatoes.
(c) Lettuce.
(d) Eggplants.
3. What happens to the radishes?
(a) They are under-watered.
(b) They are over-watered.
(c) An animal wipes them out.
(d) They die of disease.
4. Why does everyone give Maricela advice?
(a) She is disabled.
(b) She is malnurished.
(c) She is pregnant.
(d) She is black.
5. What is Royce paid for this job?
(a) Food and a sleeping bag.
(b) $20.
(c) Food and water.
(d) Room and board.
6. What does the sign Curtis creates say?
(a) Curtis's garden.
(b) Lateesha’s Tomatoes.
(c) Curtis's house.
(d) Curtis's tomatoes.
7. Why does Sae Young want to join the garden?
(a) She needs the food.
(b) She misses farming at home.
(c) She likes being outdoors.
(d) She wants to be with people again.
8. What begins to happen to Curtis’ plants?
(a) They begin to die.
(b) They begin to overgrow.
(c) They begin to sell well.
(d) They begin to be stolen.
9. Why does Royce sleep in the garden?
(a) He steals the food to eat.
(b) His father is abusive.
(c) He is an orphan.
(d) He is homeless.
10. What reason does Virgil’s father give for planting multiple areas?
(a) He pays a higher rent.
(b) He is planting for relatives.
(c) He is experimenting with plants.
(d) He needs to feed his family.
11. By the end of the chapter “Maricela”, what is Maricela no longer praying for?
(a) The death of her child.
(b) More money.
(c) A husband.
(d) New parents.
12. When did Virgil have Mrs. Fleck as a teacher?
(a) Fifth grade.
(b) Third grade.
(c) Kindergarten.
(d) Eighth grade.
13. What did Virgil’s father do in Haiti?
(a) He drove a bus.
(b) He drove a garbage truck.
(c) He drove a taxi.
(d) He drove an ambulance.
14. Why does Virgil’s dad want to plant a garden?
(a) To make money.
(b) To prove he can grow things.
(c) To feed his family.
(d) To be part of a community.
15. What did Sae Young and her husband buy when they arrived in the U.S.?
(a) A restaurant.
(b) A dry cleaning store.
(c) A beauty salon.
(d) A grocery store.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Sae Young compare the garden community to?
2. What happens if Nora and Mr. Myles are absent a few days?
3. What excuse does the Italian woman give for her previous rudeness to Amir?
4. What does Virgil’s father promise he will buy?
5. Where does Curtis plant his plants?
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