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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 Leona take with her to see the city?
(a) A request for service.
(b) A bag of garbage.
(c) A signed petition.
(d) A group of people.

2. What did Leona’s grandmother drink each day?
(a) Apple juice.
(b) Goldenrod tea.
(c) Orange juice.
(d) Coffee.

3. Why does Kim choose a place behind a refrigerator?
(a) She wants it to be cold.
(b) She wants it to be dark.
(c) She wants it to be seen.
(d) She wants to be hidden.

4. What does Ana find when she digs something up?
(a) A bean plant.
(b) A locket.
(c) Money.
(d) Drugs.

5. Gonzalo says Tio Juan recognizes the seeds like what?
(a) Old friends.
(b) Family.
(c) Children.
(d) Seeds at home.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Leona’s grandma lay on the graves of her physicians?

2. Why does Wendell say the beans were lucky to have lived?

3. What does Sam grow?

4. Who cleans out the lot at the beginning of the chapter “Sam”?

5. What type of neighborhood is Ana’s?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the bottle incident, and Sam’s fears.

2. How does Sam try to make people in the neighborhood friendlier?

3. Why does Leona want to plant goldenrod?

4. Do you think Ana was right to go dig up something she thought was trouble?

5. At the end of this chapter “Sam,” why does Sam claim the garden is a reflection of Cleveland?

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

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

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

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

10. Why does Kim wonder about whether her father sees her?

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