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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 one of the gardens have as a gate door?
(a) Barbed wire.
(b) A piece of plastic.
(c) A car door.
(d) A wooden door.

2. What is Curtis’ point in growing his specific plants?
(a) He can learn to grow things.
(b) He wants the attention.
(c) He can provide for Lateesha.
(d) He isn’t just muscles.

3. What happened during the big storm in “Maricela”?
(a) The building caught fire.
(b) The power went out.
(c) The garden was destroyed.
(d) The garden flooded.

4. What does Nora notice about Mr. Myles when he is working?
(a) He is irritable.
(b) He is talkative.
(c) He is more alive.
(d) He becomes more tired.

5. What praise does the Italian woman give to Amir?
(a) She finds him attractive.
(b) She admires his eggplants.
(c) She likes his accent.
(d) She compliments his family.

Short Answer Questions

1. What first causes Mr. Myles to respond?

2. What did Lateesha do when she learned of Curtis’ other women?

3. Why does Sae Young want to join the garden?

4. What happens to the radishes?

5. What do many of the gardeners do in the chapter “Amir”?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Amir compare the U.S. to India?

2. Why does Maricela resent being pregnant?

3. Describe Curtis, as he is now, in terms of his priorities.

4. Why does Virgil’s father lie to Mrs. Fleck, and what does he say?

5. Describe what Nora does to allow Mr. Myles to garden.

6. Describe what happened to make Sae Young afraid of the world.

7. Explain why Virgil becomes angry and ashamed at his father.

8. Why does everyone in the garden want to help the girls in the chapter “Maricela”?

9. What causes Sae Young to feel a part of the community again?

10. Why does Nora want to tell the tourists of the garden?

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