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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 begins to happen to Curtis’ plants?
(a) They begin to overgrow.
(b) They begin to sell well.
(c) They begin to be stolen.
(d) They begin to die.

2. Why did Sae Young and her husband find the business they bought in the U.S. their best option?
(a) They were paid a higher wage.
(b) It was close to home.
(c) They didn’t have to speak English well.
(d) It didn’t take much money to start.

3. What does Leona tell Maricela that makes her think differently?
(a) That she is pretty.
(b) That she is wrong to be pregnant.
(c) That she shouldn't be ashamed.
(d) That she is part of a natural system.

4. What did Virgil’s father do in Haiti?
(a) He drove a garbage truck.
(b) He drove a bus.
(c) He drove a taxi.
(d) He drove an ambulance.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. By the end of the chapter “Maricela”, what is Maricela no longer praying for?

2. What did ancient Egyptians advise for the mad?

3. What does Sae Young compare the garden community to?

4. What does Saw Young feel a part of?

5. What does Curtis begin to worry about?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Sam’s contest, and the winning idea.

2. What brings Sae Young back out into the world, and why?

3. Explain Sae Young’s life prior to her “accident”?

4. Explain what Curtis does to thwart off the thieves.

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

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

7. What happens to the lettuce in the chapter “Virgil”?

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

9. Explain what happens during the rainstorm.

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

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