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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 the program Maricela is in help with?
(a) Education and job training.
(b) Nurseries and feedings.
(c) Money and education.
(d) Doctors and education.

2. Why does Sae Young want to join the garden?
(a) She likes being outdoors.
(b) She wants to be with people again.
(c) She misses farming at home.
(d) She needs the food.

3. What is Royce paid for this job?
(a) Food and a sleeping bag.
(b) $20.
(c) Room and board.
(d) Food and water.

4. Why does everyone give Maricela advice?
(a) She is disabled.
(b) She is pregnant.
(c) She is malnurished.
(d) She is black.

5. What did Lateesha do when she learned of Curtis’ other women?
(a) She begged him to stay with her.
(b) She left him.
(c) She moved away.
(d) She cried.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sae Young grow?

2. What does Virgil’s father do in America?

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

4. What is the winning solution to Sam’s contest?

5. To what does Amir compare the day of the feast?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Maricela resent being pregnant?

2. Explain why Curtis and Lateesha originally broke up.

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

4. How does Leona help Maricela see things differently?

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

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

7. Why does everyone in the garden want to help the girls in the chapter “Maricela”?

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

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

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

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