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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Leona tell Maricela that makes her think differently?
(a) That she is pretty.
(b) That she is wrong to be pregnant.
(c) That she shouldn't be ashamed.
(d) That she is part of a natural system.

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

3. Who is the black taxi driver that runs through the garden to water lettuce?
(a) Royce.
(b) Sam.
(c) Virgil’s father.
(d) Kim's father.

4. Who does Nora ache to tell of the garden?
(a) Her children.
(b) Her husband.
(c) Mr. Myles.
(d) Tourists.

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

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

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

8. What happened during the big storm in “Maricela”?
(a) The garden flooded.
(b) The garden was destroyed.
(c) The building caught fire.
(d) The power went out.

9. What does the Mexican family do that entices others?
(a) Roast a pig.
(b) Leave their garden.
(c) Start a fight.
(d) Give away vegetables.

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

11. To where did Curtis move?
(a) Cincinnati.
(b) Detroit.
(c) Las Vegas.
(d) New York.

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

13. What does the garden remind Amir of?
(a) His parents’ Persian rug.
(b) The jungle.
(c) A vine.
(d) A spider web.

14. Where does Curtis plant his plants?
(a) Above the ledge.
(b) In the back of Lateesha’s house.
(c) Behind the corn.
(d) In front of Lateesha’s window.

15. What does Nora bring for Mr. Myles to plant?
(a) Flowers and fruit trees.
(b) Flowers and vegetables.
(c) Fruit trees.
(d) Vegetables and fruit trees.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sae Young grow?

2. What praise does the Italian woman give to Amir?

3. Who does Maricela meet that she feels she can talk to?

4. What excuse does the Italian woman give for her previous rudeness to Amir?

5. Why does Penny involve the garden?

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