Primary Characters
Secondary Characters
Who said it?
Literary Terms
vocabulary
100

Learned how to speak English quickly after moving from Guatemala.

Who is Gonzalo?

100
Comes from a pueblo and speaks an Indian language
Who is Tio Juan?
100

"He'd changed from a baby back into a man."

Who is Gonzalo?

100

The central idea or message in a piece of text.

What is theme?

100

A special table or area that is used for a religious ritual.

What is an altar?

200
Finds a locket in the garden
Who is Virgil
200
Helps Sam plant in the garden
Who is the Puerto Rican teenager?
200

"That Monday I brought a shovel home from work."

Who is Wendell? 

200
the perspective or voice of the Seedfolks chapters; the narrator

What is first person?

200

Something that is unoccupied. 

What is vacant? 

300
Works as a school janitor
Who is Wendell?
300

helps protect and watch over the garden in exchange for a place to stay

Who is Royce?

300

"Then I whispered, 'Save our lettuce,' to the girl."

Who is Virgil? 

300

Name one of the primary themes in Seedfolks

What is the healing power of nature, the power of the individual over a community, or the power of a community over an individual?

300

An ideal place or setting

What is paradise? 

400
Moved back from Cincinnati and is looking for a wife
Who is Curtis?
400

The person who demonstrated prejudice towards Amir.

Who was an Italian woman who admired Amir's eggplants and had previously been a customer in his store?

400

"From Paradise, the garden was turning back into Cleverland."

Who is Sam?

400

The literary term shown here:  We are like pea pods growing in a garden. 

What is a simile?

400

a remarkable concurrence of events or circumstances without apparent causal connection

What is a coincidence? 

500
Manages a fabric store
Who is Amir?
500
Her father was an orchestra violinist
Who is the Polish Woman
500

"We waved and waved to each other."

Who is Florence? 

500

The literary term shown here:  She was an angry pile of twisted branches. 

What is a metaphor? 

500

lacking any obvious principle of organization

What is haphazard? 

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