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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) A piece of plastic.
(b) Barbed wire.
(c) A car door.
(d) A wooden door.

2. What does Royce and another man build in September?
(a) A birdhouse.
(b) A barbecue.
(c) A shelter.
(d) A house.

3. What does Virgil’s father promise he will buy?
(a) Tickets to Haiti.
(b) A new house.
(c) A new car.
(d) An eighteen-speed bike.

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

5. What happens if Nora and Mr. Myles are absent a few days?
(a) Their plants are stolen.
(b) The other gardeners are worried.
(c) Their plot is taken by someone else.
(d) Their plants are cared for by others.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Sae Young and her husband wait for that never arrived?

2. What does the garden remind Amir of?

3. What does Nora notice about Mr. Myles when he is working?

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

5. What was Lateesha always talking about?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Amir learn about his misconceptions of cultures?

2. How does Leona help Maricela see things differently?

3. What is Mr. Myles’ reaction to the garden?

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

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

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

7. What is the point of the program for teen mothers?

8. Why does Maricela resent being pregnant?

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

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

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