KIM
Why does Kim plant something in the garden?
Answer: She wants to feel connected to her father and honor him.
What does Ana do when she first notices the garden?
Answer: She watches the people in the garden.
What does Wendell do in the garden?
Answer: He gardens and helps take care of it.
Where is Gonzalo's family originally from?
Answer: Guatemala.
Kim and Leona both use the garden to ________.
Answer: Honor and connect with a loved one.
Why: Kim connects with her father, while Leona plants goldenrod to honor her grandmother.
What does the garden give Kim?
Answer: A connection to her father.
How does Ana feel about the garden at first?
Answer: Suspicious or curious.
What does the garden help Wendell realize?
Answer: He realizes that even though he can't change everything in the world, he can change the vacant lot.
Who does Gonzalo bring to the garden?
His great-uncle, TÃo Juan.
How are Kim and Leona DIFFERENT?
Answer: Kim uses the garden mainly to connect with her father, while Leona takes action to improve the garden and make it better for the community.
How does Kim's garden experience make her feel?
Answer: Connected and hopeful.
What does Ana eventually realize about the people in the garden?
Answer: They are planting and taking care of the garden.
What does Wendell decide to do after helping Kim's plants?
Answer: He decides to plant his own garden.
What does TÃo Juan know how to do?
Answer: He knows how to farm and grow food because he was a farmer in Guatemala.
How does the garden help both Gonzalo and Leona?
Answer: It gives both of them a way to connect with their family or roots. Gonzalo sees his great-uncle's connection to farming, while Leona honors her grandmother.
What does Kim's planting show about her?
Answer: She cares about her father and wants to understand/connect with him.
How does the garden influence Ana?
Answer: It changes the way she sees the people around her.
How does the garden influence Wendell?
Answer: It gives him something positive that he can care for and change.
How does the garden influence Gonzalo?
Answer: It helps Gonzalo see his great-uncle differently and realize how knowledgeable he is.
Which character's experience changes the way they see another person?
Answer: Ana.
Ana initially thinks Kim is doing something suspicious, but after discovering the beans, she feels guilty and begins caring about the garden.
How does the garden influence Kim differently from someone who gardens mainly to grow food?
Answer: Kim uses the garden to connect with her father and her family history
How is Ana's experience with the garden different from Kim's?
Answer: Kim uses the garden to connect with her father, while Ana's experience causes her to change how she views her neighbors.
How is Wendell's experience similar to Ana's?
Answer: Both become involved because of Kim's garden, and both begin to care about what is growing in the vacant lot.
How does the garden influence Gonzalo differently than it influences Kim?
Answer: The garden helps Gonzalo understand and appreciate his great-uncle, while Kim uses the garden to connect with her father.
Which character's experience with the garden is MOST similar to Leona's? Explain why.
Answer: Kim, because both Kim and Leona use gardening to honor someone they care about. Kim plants beans to connect with her father, while Leona plants goldenrod to honor her grandmother.