Kim
Why did Kim plant Lima Beans?
a. They were easy to grow.
b. It was for a school project.
c. She wanted to grow something like her father.
c. She wanted to grow something like her father.
Ana looks out her window often because she
a. Likes to see what is going on in the neighborhood
b. Can't walk
c. Waits for her husband to get home
a. Likes to see what is going on in the neighborhood
Why didn't Wendell like when his phone rang?
a. He received bad new in the past.
b. He did not like talking to people.
c. He worked at night and slept during the day.
a. He received bad new in the past.
What word would best describe Leona?
a. dangerous
b. determined
c. carefree
b. determined
What does Sam want to grow?
a. pumpkins
b. cabbage
c. sunflowers
a. pumpkins
Kim lived with who?
a. Her grandparents and sister
b. Her sisters and her mother
c. Her brother and mother
b. Her sisters and her mother
when Anna was digging up the plants looking for something illegal and found the Lima beans, what did she mean when she said: I felt like i'd read through her secret diary and had ripped out a page without meaning to?
a. She discovered Kim was just planting seed in the vacant lot.
b. She found a journal and felt guilty for reading it.
c. She thought that somebody might report her.
a. She discovered Kim was just planting seed in the vacant lot.
Why did Wendell know how to take care of Kim's lima beans?
a. he grew vegetables in large pots in his apartment
b. he grew up on a farm
c. his father worked in the produce department at a store.
b. he grew up on a farm
what did Leona mean when she said cleaning the lot was not a job for a wheelbarrow but a job of the telephone?
a. She wanted to go buy a wheelbarrow.
b. A wheelbarrow was not allowed in the city.
c. She needed to talk with someone to get rid of the trash.
c. She needed to talk with someone to get rid of the trash.
Sam says fishermen fix rips in fishing nets. He does that with people. What does that mean?
a. he sews rips in clothing
b. he gets people to talk to each other
c. he helps fishermen fix their nets
b. he gets people to talk to each other
Kim's father died when she was
a. Six months old
b. Not born yet
c. 2 years old
b. Not born yet
What did Ana mean when she said: I laid those beans right back in the ground, as gently as sleeping babies ?
a. she put a blanket on top of the beans
b. she added lots more seeds
c. she tried to repair the damage as carefully as possible
c. she tried to repair the damage as carefully as possible
What did Wendell see in the garden that saved Kim's beans?
a. pine trees
b. tall grass
c. a refrigerator
c. a refrigerator
Why did leona want to grow goldenrod in the garden?
A. It would not take up any space.
b. It reminded her of her grandma.
c. She would never have to buy it again.
b. It reminded her of her grandma.
Sam hired a Puerto Rican boy to grow pumpkins because
a. The boy needed a job.
b. Sam wanted to make pie.
c. Sam was too old to garden.
c. Sam was too old to garden.
Why did Kim suffer from the cold in April?
a. She forgot her jacket.
b. It was always hot in Vietnam.
c. It should be warm in April.
b. It was always hot in Vietnam.
A word that describes Ana is:
a. funny
b. suspicious
c. generous
b. suspicious
Why did Tío Juan change from a baby to a man?
A. He learned how to get around his neighborhood.
b. He taught Gonzalo how to grow something in the garden.
c. He had Gonzalo to look after him.
b. He taught Gonzalo how to grow something in the garden.
What did Leona do to get her voice heard when the phone calls weren't working?
a. She complained to a manager about the trash.
b. She got a lawyer and tried to sue the city.
c. She went to the health department and brought a bag of trash with her.
c. She went to the health department and brought a bag of trash with her.
Sam noticed a problem with the garden. That problem was?
a. There was no water nearby to water the plants.
b. The garden was beginning to get crowded.
c. Kids rode their bikes through the lot.
a. There was no water nearby to water the plants.
What does Kim start?
a. the garden
b. her homework
c. a community
a. the garden
Why did Anna buy binoculars after discovering what was going on in the vacant lot?
a. She wanted to see out her window better.
b. She wanted to see more of Lake Erie.
c. She was lonely and wanted to find more people her age.
a. She wanted to see out her window better.
DOUBLE JEOPARDY!!
Who did Gonzalo see in the garden?
a. Kim
b. Ana
c. Wendell
Tio Juan's biggest problem in the U.S was that:
a. he never wanted to leave the house
b. he didn't speak English
c. he got into fights with strangers
c. Wendell
b. he didn't speak English
Leona had two children. What grade are they in?
a. High School
b. 5th grade
c. Kindergarten
a. High School
Sam noticed that all the people in the garden:
a. were sharing their crops
b. were stealing from each other
c. began to separate themselves into groups
c. began to separate themselves into groups