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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 wonder about her father?
(a) If he can see her.
(b) If he is alive.
(c) If he misses her.
(d) If his spirit knows her.

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

3. What does Sam note is a hobby of his?
(a) Studying words.
(b) Selling things.
(c) Inventing.
(d) Gardening.

4. What has Tio Juan become?
(a) A baby.
(b) A father.
(c) A man.
(d) A worker.

5. Why does Wendell say the beans were lucky to have lived?
(a) The ground was too hard.
(b) The ground was too dry.
(c) Kim planted them too early.
(d) Kim planted them too late.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Ana see burying something from her window?

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

3. Where does Kim think someone might be sleeping?

4. What word does Sam use for the garden?

5. Why did Gonzalo’s father make Gonzalo talk to everyone for him?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why do you think Ana is so suspicious of Kim?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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