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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. Why was Tio Juan distraught?
(a) He works too hard.
(b) He has no family.
(c) He is bored.
(d) He is insane.

2. What does mother purchase for Tio Juan?
(a) A restaurant.
(b) A shovel.
(c) A watering can.
(d) Seeds and a trowel.

3. What is Tio Juan doing when Gonzalo finds him?
(a) Trying to tell Wendell something.
(b) Trying to water his seeds.
(c) Trying to find Kim.
(d) Trying to find plants.

4. Where does Kim think someone might be sleeping?
(a) The back of a car.
(b) The sewers.
(c) A couch in a vacant lot.
(d) The couch in the living room.

5. What is the “Garcia Equation”?
(a) The estimated growing season for lettuce.
(b) The idea that when you move to Mexico, you get younger the older you are.
(c) The idea that when you move to the U.S., you get younger the older you are.
(d) The idea that when you move to Spain, you get younger the older you are.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Kim plant?

2. Where is Kim from?

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

4. Why has Kim never seen her father?

5. What does Sam note at the end of his Chapter about the garden?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How do the plants give Wendell hope?

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

6. Why do you think Ana attempts to correct her mistake?

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

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

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

10. What is the “Garcia Equation”?

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