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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 did Wendell’s wife die?
(a) She was shot.
(b) She died of cancer.
(c) She was in a car accident.
(d) She died of old age.

2. What does Leona notice about the “vacant” lot?
(a) It has heaps of trash.
(b) Planting in the hard soil is difficult.
(c) It has dangerous people in it.
(d) It is filled with bugs.

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

4. How does Sam get people to open up?
(a) He has a counseling office.
(b) He asks about their children.
(c) He asks about their pets.
(d) He smiles at them.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What problem does Sam complain of, in terms of water?

2. What is the result of Leona’s efforts with the city?

3. How long had Kim not been tending the plants?

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

5. What has Tio Juan become?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do you think Kim wants to remain hidden when she plants?

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

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

4. How do the plants give Wendell hope?

5. Kim mentions crying for a different reason than her sisters. What does she mean by this?

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

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

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

9. How does Leona finally convince the city officials to meet with her?

10. What is the cultural problem Sam finds about the lot?

(see the answer keys)

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