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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. Why can Mr. Myles not speak?
(a) He is mute.
(b) He is deaf.
(c) He has no tongue.
(d) He has had several strokes.

2. What does Curtis hire Royce to do?
(a) Watch his plants.
(b) Build a cage.
(c) Water his plants.
(d) Keep an eye on Lateesha.

3. What does Sae Young compare the garden community to?
(a) Her home.
(b) A family.
(c) The community.
(d) Korea.

4. Who does Maricela meet that she feels she can talk to?
(a) Penny.
(b) Mrs. Fleck.
(c) Leona.
(d) Nora.

5. What did Sae Young and her husband buy when they arrived in the U.S.?
(a) A restaurant.
(b) A grocery store.
(c) A dry cleaning store.
(d) A beauty salon.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Royce do in exchange for food?

3. Who does Nora ache to tell of the garden?

4. What does Mr. Myles command with a wave of his arm?

5. What did ancient Egyptians advise for the mad?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Explain what happens during the rainstorm.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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