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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 Amir find himself doing with Royce and another?
(a) Chasing a purse thief.
(b) Selling produce.
(c) Saving a kitten.
(d) Starting a shelter.

2. What surprises Virgil about his father?
(a) He is angry.
(b) He lies.
(c) He is afraid.
(d) He is ambitious.

3. What does Virgil’s father plant?
(a) Onions.
(b) Potatoes.
(c) Tomatoes.
(d) Lettuce.

4. To what does Amir compare the day of the feast?
(a) New Year's.
(b) Christmas.
(c) Halloween.
(d) Harvest festival.

5. What does the sign Curtis creates say?
(a) Curtis's house.
(b) Curtis's garden.
(c) Lateesha’s Tomatoes.
(d) Curtis's tomatoes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to his shovel when Virgil tries to dig?

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

3. What does Virgil do with the item he found in the lot?

4. What happens to the radishes?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What is Curtis trying to show through the growth of the tomatoes?

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

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

7. Why does Maricela resent being pregnant?

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

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

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

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