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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 Maricela pray for?
(a) A husband.
(b) A miscarriage.
(c) New parents.
(d) A healthy baby.

2. What does Nora bring for Mr. Myles to plant?
(a) Flowers and vegetables.
(b) Fruit trees.
(c) Vegetables and fruit trees.
(d) Flowers and fruit trees.

3. What reason does Virgil’s father give for planting multiple areas?
(a) He needs to feed his family.
(b) He is planting for relatives.
(c) He pays a higher rent.
(d) He is experimenting with plants.

4. What does Sae Young grow?
(a) Onions.
(b) Hot peppers.
(c) Garlic.
(d) Eggplant.

5. Why is Maricela having a difficult time in life?
(a) She is a middle aged Mexican woman with little education.
(b) She is a young Vietnamese girl with no father.
(c) She is an old Italian woman with no husband.
(d) She is teenaged Mexican girl who is pregnant.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the program Maricela is in help with?

2. What excuse does the Italian woman give for her previous rudeness to Amir?

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

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

5. Why does Virgil’s dad want to plant a garden?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Virgil find in the ground, and what does he eventually use it for?

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

5. Explain what happens during the rainstorm.

6. What is Curtis’ reaction to his tomato plants?

7. What is Nora’s relationship with Mr. Myles?

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

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

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

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