Vocabulary
"He would only buy food at the BODEGA down the block."
A bodega is...
What is a food and wine shop.
She wants to show her father who has passed away, that she too can be a hard worker.
Who is Kim.
Daily Double!!! (because it is in the wrong catergory)
Virgil sees a similarity to the goddess of crops and thinks that perhaps the little girl could help his father's lettuce grow.
What is the locket he found.
He is tired of people telling him what to do so he takes his time filling up the water pitcher.
Who is Wendell.
Virgil's father lies to Miss Fleck about the plots of lettuce.
What is he is greedy and didn't want to give back the land.
"I'd forgotten that tremolo of EXPECTATION produced by a tiny forest of sprouts."
An expectation is....
What is a hope for the future.
She tells the reader what the neighborhood was like before and how it has become so divided.
Who is Ana.
She doesn't trust people after she was attacked.
Who is Sae Young.
What does Wendell mean by, "and a little child shall lead them?"
What is Kim who helped Wendell see that he too could change things.
What is Curtis trying to show Lateesha about his values and principles?
What is he is no longer selfish and he is growing as a person.
"What if all my plants started wilting? Or caught BLIGHT and died?"
A blight is...
What is a disease.
She thinks one of the characters is hiding a gun, drugs, or money in the garden.
Who is Ana.
How does Sae Young feel in the garden after she sees people helping each other an having friendly conversations as well as a contest?
What is safe.
When Gonzolo said, " the older you are, the younger you get when you move to the United States," what does he mean?
What is learning English in America.
What does Amir mean by, "the garden's greatest benefit, I feel, was not relief to the eyes, but to make the eyes see our neighbors."
What is the garden helped the community come together.
"I'd stop before a store window to let him see himself--he has the DIGNIFIED head of an African chief--only to find that he'd fallen asleep."
To be is dignified is?
What is distinct and proud.
Ana twisted her ankle and can't go down the stairs to water Kim's beans.
Why she called Wendell to help.
Nora liked people asking about Mr. Myles health because...
What is she felt people cared and they now belonged to the community.
In Gonzalo's eyes what changes Tio Juan from a baby back to a man?
What is planting in the garden.
Both times Wendell lost a family member he heard something. This made him afraid to hear what sound.
What is the telephone ringing.
"We finally compromised on pumpkins, after I explained how much he could probably get for them at Halloween, not to mention the advantages of staying out of jail.
What is agreed.
She plants Goldenrod in memory of her granny.
Who is Leona.
Penny thinks working in the garden will be good for Maricela because . . .
What is it teaches her that life is valuable.
Sam compares the garden to Paradise and then to the Tower of Babel because...
What is the garden brought people together, but eventually it was divided with fences and signs.
His dad used to drive a bus in Haiti and now drives a cab.
Who is Virgil.