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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What begins to happen to Curtis’ plants?
(a) They begin to sell well.
(b) They begin to be stolen.
(c) They begin to overgrow.
(d) They begin to die.

2. What first causes Mr. Myles to respond?
(a) A televisions show.
(b) An ad for flowers.
(c) The garden.
(d) A political message.

3. Why does the third grade teacher go yell at someone in “Maricela”?
(a) She threw urine into the garden.
(b) She threw a tire into the garden.
(c) He threw a bottle into the garden.
(d) She threw food waste into the garden.

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

5. Why doesn’t the Polish woman thin her carrots?
(a) She is lazy.
(b) She is too old.
(c) It reminds her of the concentration camp.
(d) She feels badly for the carrots.

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

7. What do many of the gardeners do in the chapter “Amir”?
(a) Riot.
(b) Hide their food.
(c) Give away their foods.
(d) Sell their food.

8. What is Royce paid for this job?
(a) Food and a sleeping bag.
(b) $20.
(c) Room and board.
(d) Food and water.

9. Who created the Biceps R Us nickname?
(a) Curtis.
(b) Lateesha.
(c) Kim
(d) Yevonne.

10. What happens if Nora and Mr. Myles are absent a few days?
(a) Their plants are cared for by others.
(b) The other gardeners are worried.
(c) Their plot is taken by someone else.
(d) Their plants are stolen.

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

12. What does Amir grow?
(a) Tomatoes.
(b) Beans.
(c) Lettuce.
(d) Eggplants.

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

14. How does Virgil know his mother’s father does not have a plot?
(a) He is in Mexico.
(b) She doesn’t know her father.
(c) He lives in California.
(d) He is dead.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Lateesha do when she learned of Curtis’ other women?

2. What does Nora bring for Mr. Myles to plant?

3. Why does Royce sleep in the garden?

4. What does Amir find himself doing with Royce and another?

5. What does the program Maricela is in help with?

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