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

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

3. What happens to the radishes?
(a) They are under-watered.
(b) They are over-watered.
(c) An animal wipes them out.
(d) They die of disease.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the sign Curtis creates say?

2. Why does Sae Young want to join the garden?

3. What begins to happen to Curtis’ plants?

4. Why does Royce sleep in the garden?

5. What reason does Virgil’s father give for planting multiple areas?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is Nora’s relationship with Mr. Myles?

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

4. How does Leona help Maricela see things differently?

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

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

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

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

9. Explain what happens during the rainstorm.

10. Why does Maricela resent being pregnant?

(see the answer keys)

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