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

2. What does Amir grow?
(a) Tomatoes.
(b) Eggplants.
(c) Beans.
(d) Lettuce.

3. What did ancient Egyptians advise for the mad?
(a) Nutmeg.
(b) Walks through a garden.
(c) Goldenrod.
(d) Planting the soil.

4. What does Saw Young feel a part of?
(a) The community.
(b) Sam's life.
(c) The garden.
(d) The world.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Sae Young and her husband find the business they bought in the U.S. their best option?

2. What does one of the gardens have as a gate door?

3. What was Lateesha always talking about?

4. Who is the black taxi driver that runs through the garden to water lettuce?

5. What happened during the big storm in “Maricela”?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Amir compare the U.S. to India?

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

5. Why does Maricela resent being pregnant?

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

7. Why does Virgil eventually feel pity for his father?

8. Explain what happens during the rainstorm.

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

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

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