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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 deaf.
(b) He has had several strokes.
(c) He is mute.
(d) He has no tongue.

2. What is the winning solution to Sam’s contest?
(a) Put in a sprinkler system.
(b) Run a hose from the spigot outside.
(c) Carry water from the basement apartments.
(d) Let the rainwater run through the spouts to garbage cans.

3. Where is Amir from?
(a) Turkey.
(b) India.
(c) Iran.
(d) Jamaica.

4. What does Nora notice about Mr. Myles when he is working?
(a) He is talkative.
(b) He is more alive.
(c) He becomes more tired.
(d) He is irritable.

5. When did Virgil have Mrs. Fleck as a teacher?
(a) Third grade.
(b) Eighth grade.
(c) Kindergarten.
(d) Fifth grade.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who from the garden community speaks to Sae Young first?

2. What is Curtis’ point in growing his specific plants?

3. What speech impediment does Royce have?

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

5. What did Sae Young and her husband wait for that never arrived?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. How does Leona help Maricela see things differently?

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

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

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