Character Traits and Character Connections
What character trait best describes Leona?
a)assertive
b)angry
c)bossy
d)obedient
What is the definition of theme?
An idea that is shown throughout the text over and over that the author wants to communicate to the reader.
What does immigration mean?
Immigration is the idea of moving from one country to another
What does Ana originally think Kim is doing in the vacant lot?
She thinks she is burying drugs or involved in a crime
What does the garden represent for most people in the novel?
Hope, growth, positive change or community and coming together, unity.
Which two characters are connected because one characters saves the others plants?
Kim and Wendell/Ana
Which detail best shows that the garden helps the community come together
A. People share water, tools, and advice with each other
B. People stop visiting when it rains
C. People argue about the best spots
D. People throw bottles and then shout at one another to stop
What is an identity factor
characteristics about a person that make them a unique individual. Including: gender, ethnicity, race, age, height etc.
Why does Kim originally plant the Lima beans?
She wants to feel more connected to her father who passed and she never met since he was a farmer.
What lesson does Wendell learn from helping with the garden?
He should focus on what he can control and not how sad/ traumatic his past was. or small actions of kindness can make a big difference and he should participate in them.
How are Curtis and Lateesha connected?
Curtis wants his girlfriend Lateesha back and is growing tomatoes to prove his worth to her.
What theme could be shown by Sam's water competition?
Unity, community, shared purpose, hard work, or effort
What is a golden line?
powerful sentence or part of the text (story) that really shines for you. it makes you stop, think, or feel something strongly.
What two traumatic events happened to Sae Young?
Her husband died and she was attacked by a man with a gun at work.
What idea does a fence represent within the garden?
Division
What is a similarity between Kim and Leona?
They both want to plant something to honor a loved one
What theme can be seen in the line "the land was for anyone who wanted a garden."
Unity, inclusion, community
What is a metaphor?
What does Virgil plant in the garden and how does it go?
Lettuce and it dies.
How does Marciela feel about being a Mexican 16 year old pregnant teenager for most of the chapter?
She feels frustrated, judged, depressed and lost.
In Florence's chapter what does she call the pioneers or for the people who started the garden?
Seedfolks
Which theme is most prominent in Sam's chapter? Hint : it has to do with fences versus gardening together
Unity versus division
What is a stereotype
Is a simple and often unfair, inaccurate, idea people have about a group of people. Stereotypes assume everyone in a group is the same, instead of seeing each person as unique.
How does Mr. Myles show Nora that he wants to visit the garden?
What did the Italian woman at the end of Amir's chapter call him previously? What does she learn in talking to Amir.
She previously called him a "dirty foreigner." She realizes Amir is a kind individual and she shouldn't have stereotyped him based on his race or ethnicity.