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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 Wendell do for a living?
(a) He is a school janitor.
(b) He is a police offer.
(c) He is a teacher.
(d) He is unemployed.

2. What does Ana realize she has done after digging something up?
(a) Hurt herself.
(b) Hurt the bean plants.
(c) Committed a crime.
(d) Killed a rat.

3. How did Gonzalo learn English?
(a) His uncle.
(b) School.
(c) His mother.
(d) TV and the playground.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ana use to dig?

2. Why does Kim choose a place behind a refrigerator?

3. Where is Kim from?

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

5. What does Ana do with the object she dug up?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. Why do you think Wendell becomes attached to the bean plants, as Ana did?

10. What is the “Garcia Equation”?

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