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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 was yesterday, for Kim?
(a) Her birthday.
(b) Her brother's birthday.
(c) The anniversary of her father’s death.
(d) Her anniversary.

2. What did Leona’s grandma lay on the graves of her physicians?
(a) Iron pills.
(b) Goldenrod.
(c) Nutmeg.
(d) Flowers.

3. What does Leona do to force the city to see her?
(a) She gets a petition together.
(b) She takes a group to the lot to protest.
(c) She goes to the Public Health office in person.
(d) She talks to her local mayor.

4. Where is Gonzalo from?
(a) New York.
(b) Guatemala.
(c) Mexico.
(d) Spain.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Gonzalo find Tio Juan?

2. What does Kim hope will happen in the photo at the beginning of the book?

3. How old is Kim?

4. Where is Kim living?

5. What does Ana use to dig?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Why does Kim plant beans in the vacant lot?

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

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

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

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

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