Seedfolks Quiz

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Why does Wendell not like when his phone rings? (from Kim, Ana, and Wendell)

Wendell does not like to talk to people.

The ringing phone reminds him of the air raid sirens.

Wendell gets many calls from debt collectors.

It was a ringing phone that gave him the news of the deaths of his son and his wife.

Why does Maricela want her baby to be dead? (from Nora and Maricela)

Maricela's boyfriend will no longer talk to her since she is pregnant.

Maricela is not allowed to go to school any longer since she is pregnant.

Maricela's parents will not allow her to put the baby up for adoption.

Maricela thinks that her life is over because she is pregnant.

Why does Kim plant lima beans in a vacant lot near her family's apartment? (from Kim, Ana, and Wendell)

Kim wants to start a community garden.

Kim hopes her father will see her from heaven and recognize her as his daughter.

Kim hopes that her father will see what she is doing and will come and help her.

Kim knows her family does not have much money for food and wants to help by growing her own food.

Why does Amir discard the preconceived notions he had about Polish people because of the garden? (from Amir and Florence)

Amir did not discard his preconceived notions about the Polish.

Amir realizes the rumors he has heard about the Polish being unintelligent are not true when he meets a Polish lady in person.

Amir meets a Polish woman who works the garden plot next to his who will not even thin her carrots because it reminds her of the unfair conditions in the concentration camps.

Amir meets a Polish woman in the gardens who says that she does not like cabbage.

Why does Florence call the people who start the first garden adjacent to Gibb Street seedfolk? (from Amir and Florence)

To Florence, the word seedfolk refers to the people who start a project.

Florence does not refer to the people who work the garden as seedfolk.

Florence calls them seedfolk because their relationships developed because of seeds.

Florence overhears the terms seedfolk from someone in the garden and decides to adopt the term.