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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mr. Myles command with a wave of his arm?
(a) Nora to enter the garden.
(b) Nora to turn off the television.
(c) Nora to tear down the poster.
(d) Nora to continue past the garden.

2. What is Maricela told will help her in tea?
(a) Nutmeg.
(b) Tomatoes.
(c) Goldenrod.
(d) Eggplant.

3. What does Nora use to allow Mr. Myles to plant?
(a) A potting planter.
(b) A garbage barrel.
(c) The ground.
(d) A bird feeder.

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

5. What does Nora notice about Mr. Myles when he is working?
(a) He becomes more tired.
(b) He is talkative.
(c) He is more alive.
(d) He is irritable.

6. Why does Royce sleep in the garden?
(a) He steals the food to eat.
(b) He is an orphan.
(c) His father is abusive.
(d) He is homeless.

7. What is the result of the rainstorm?
(a) Mr. Myles dies.
(b) Nora and Mr. Myles’ plants are ruined.
(c) Nora is hurt.
(d) Nora and Mr. Myles get to know the others.

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

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

10. What does Royce and another man build in September?
(a) A shelter.
(b) A barbecue.
(c) A house.
(d) A birdhouse.

11. What does Amir do for a living?
(a) Owns a fabric store.
(b) Works in banking.
(c) He is a doctor.
(d) Runs a gas station.

12. What does Curtis grow for Lateesha?
(a) Onions.
(b) Potatoes.
(c) Tomatoes.
(d) Beans.

13. How did Sae Young continue to run the store after being attacked?
(a) She pushed herself through it.
(b) She hired a young woman to run the store.
(c) She hired a Korean man to run the store.
(d) She didn’t, she closed the store.

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

15. Why does Virgil’s dad want to plant a garden?
(a) To prove he can grow things.
(b) To feed his family.
(c) To make money.
(d) To be part of a community.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who created the Biceps R Us nickname?

2. Who is the black taxi driver that runs through the garden to water lettuce?

3. Where is Amir from?

4. What does Curtis see when he looks up at the end of the chapter “Curtis”?

5. Why does everyone give Maricela advice?

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