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

3. What does Royce do in exchange for food?
(a) He cleans apartments.
(b) He is a handyman.
(c) He runs errands.
(d) He beats people up.

4. By the end of the chapter “Maricela”, what is Maricela no longer praying for?
(a) The death of her child.
(b) A husband.
(c) More money.
(d) New parents.

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

6. Why can Mr. Myles not speak?
(a) He has had several strokes.
(b) He is mute.
(c) He is deaf.
(d) He has no tongue.

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

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

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

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

11. What reason does Virgil’s father give for planting multiple areas?
(a) He is experimenting with plants.
(b) He pays a higher rent.
(c) He is planting for relatives.
(d) He needs to feed his family.

12. Why is Maricela having a difficult time in life?
(a) She is teenaged Mexican girl who is pregnant.
(b) She is a middle aged Mexican woman with little education.
(c) She is an old Italian woman with no husband.
(d) She is a young Vietnamese girl with no father.

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

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

15. What is Nora’s cultural heritage?
(a) She is Russian.
(b) She is Italian.
(c) She is British.
(d) She is Chinese.