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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. What does Kim hope will happen in the photo at the beginning of the book?
(a) Her brother will walk.
(b) Her father’s eyes will move.
(c) Her sister will move.
(d) Her mother will speak.

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

3. What type of neighborhood is Ana’s?
(a) Elitist.
(b) Working class.
(c) Impoverished.
(d) White collar.

4. What does Ana blame for the loss of population?
(a) The Polish immigrants.
(b) The loss of valuable farmland.
(c) The whites.
(d) The closing of the factories.

5. Why does Kim plant something?
(a) It is a school project.
(b) Her mother asks her to.
(c) Her brother asks her to.
(d) She wants her father to know her.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sam try to do in the world?

2. What does Kim wonder about her father?

3. What does Ana realize she has done after digging something up?

4. What does Sam note is a hobby of his?

5. What does Leona notice about the “vacant” lot?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are Leona’s experiences with calling the city?

2. Why do you think Tio Juan becomes “childish” in the book?

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

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

5. How does the chapter “Wendell” begin to show that words are not necessary to bring cultures together?

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

7. Why does Leona decide she needs to do something about the lot?

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

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

10. Why does Ana purchase binoculars at the end of the chapter titled “Ana”?

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