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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was Leona’s grandma when she died?
(a) 80.
(b) 50.
(c) 102.
(d) 99.

2. Why does Leona know about complaining to officials?
(a) She has a child with special needs.
(b) She has two kids in a dangerous high school.
(c) She is a nun.
(d) She is a parole officer.

3. Who cleans out the lot at the beginning of the chapter “Sam”?
(a) The garbage company.
(b) Prisoners.
(c) Leona and her family.
(d) The community.

4. Why has Kim never seen her father?
(a) He died before she was born.
(b) He left them.
(c) She is blind.
(d) He is still in China.

5. When was the last time Sam had a garden?
(a) He was newly married.
(b) He has never had a garden.
(c) He was a child.
(d) He was still in college.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Kim plant?

2. What has Kim done to her own plants in the chapter “Wendell”?

3. How does Leona prepare for a day of calling the government?

4. What does Ana see Kim doing the following day, after Ana dug something up?

5. What happens when Leona tries calling around?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does gardening help Tio Juan in the chapter “Gonzalo”?

2. Why does Kim plant beans in the vacant lot?

3. What is the problem with water in the lot, and how does Sam deal with it?

4. What tragedies has Wendell experienced, and what are the effects on his life?

5. Why does Gonzalo end up having to “babysit” his uncle?

6. Why does Ana describe her neighborhood in terms of the cultures within it?

7. What does Wendell mean when he discusses the phrase “And a little child shall lead them”?

8. Why does Kim’s family keep a photo of their father at an alter?

9. What does Gonzalo learn about his equation by the end of the chapter “Gonzalo”?

10. What were Leona’s grandmother’s experiences with doctors?

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