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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Where is Amir from?
(a) India.
(b) Turkey.
(c) Iran.
(d) Jamaica.

4. What does Curtis see when he looks up at the end of the chapter “Curtis”?
(a) An angel.
(b) Lateesha, watching him.
(c) Another girl, watching him admiringly.
(d) His mother, smiling at him.

5. What does the program Maricela is in help with?
(a) Doctors and education.
(b) Money and education.
(c) Education and job training.
(d) Nurseries and feedings.

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

7. 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 were paid a higher wage.
(c) They didn’t have to speak English well.
(d) It was close to home.

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

9. What happens to the radishes?
(a) They are under-watered.
(b) An animal wipes them out.
(c) They die of disease.
(d) They are over-watered.

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

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

12. What does Virgil’s father plant?
(a) Lettuce.
(b) Tomatoes.
(c) Potatoes.
(d) Onions.

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

14. Who from the garden community speaks to Sae Young first?
(a) Sam.
(b) Virgil.
(c) Leona.
(d) Kim.

15. What excuse does the Italian woman give for her previous rudeness to Amir?
(a) She didn’t know better.
(b) She hates Indians.
(c) She hates Middle Easterns.
(d) She was afraid.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Virgil’s father promise he will buy?

2. When did Virgil have Mrs. Fleck as a teacher?

3. What happened during the big storm in “Maricela”?

4. What did Sae Young and her husband buy when they arrived in the U.S.?

5. Why does the third grade teacher go yell at someone in “Maricela”?

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