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

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

3. What do many of the gardeners do in the chapter “Amir”?
(a) Riot.
(b) Hide their food.
(c) Give away their foods.
(d) Sell their food.

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

5. What happens to one of the dealers at the lot in the chapter “Virgil”?
(a) A mouse bites him.
(b) He is shot.
(c) He is arrested.
(d) A rat runs up his leg.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the result of the rainstorm?

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

3. What does Curtis begin to worry about?

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

5. What does Sae Young purchase to help in Sam’s contest?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Maricela resent being pregnant?

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

4. Explain what happens during the rainstorm.

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

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

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

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

9. Explain why Curtis and Lateesha originally broke up.

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

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