People
What Happened
Problems
Symbols
Craft Moves
100
This person started the garden to connect with his/her dead father.
Who is Kim?
100
What happened to the lettuce that Leona and her father planted?
1. It wilted 2. Bugs started eating it
100
The reason that the lima beans were dying.
1) What is a lack of water? 2) They were planted too early and needed more heat.
100

What do the Lima Beans represent in the book? 

Kim honoring her father AND/OR the beginning of the garden.

100

Which craft move is it? "I walked a million blocks to school." 

What is hyperbole?

200
He/She said, "The older you are, the younger you get when you get to the United States."
Who is Gonzalo?
200
Why did Leona plant Goldenrod in her garden?
because her granny drank Goldenrod tea everyday, and all the doctors who told her to stop drinking it died while she grew to be in her 90s.
200
What is a very important problem that the people who are planting in the garden have keeping the garden alive?
lack of water/getting enough water to the plants, so they can survive and grow.
200

What do Binoculars represent in the book? 

Watching out for others AND/OR Ana's knowledge of the neighborhood.

200

What craft move is this? "She is a tree: strong and deeply rooted in her beliefs." 

What is a metaphor?

300

This person showed much change by planting tomatoes and trying to win his girl back. Because of his change- he would be considered a DYNAMIC character. 

Who is Curtis?

300
What did Virgil's father promise to do with the money he would earn from selling the lettuce to rich people?
Buy her an eighteen speed bike.
300
One day, when Sam was working in his garden and looked up, what problem did he see about the people who were working in the garden?
What is the divided community of the neighborhood where groups from different countries and culture did not mix with each other?
300

What do Curtis' tomatoes represent in the book?

Curtis' growth in maturity AND/OR asking for forgiveness.

300

What craft move is this? "A phrase comes to mind from the Bible: a child shall lead them." 

What is allusion?

400
Although he couldn't speak English when he came from Guatemala and had to be taken care of like a child, he was an expert in gardening and showed
Who is Tio Juan?
400
What did Leona get the city to do?
To clean up the trash from the lot.
400
Leona got the city to clean the lot, so the city took away a sofa that a homeless man used for sleeping. What was the result?
He got angry and ripped plants out from the garden.
400

What does the Locket represent in the book?

The goddess of plants AND/OR hope

400

What craft move is this? "The sun painted the sky with golden colors."

What is personification?

500
He/she worked for big organizations, but now he/she is fixing the world by making people connect with each other.
Who is Sam?
500
When Ana says that she has seen history out of her window, what is she talking about?
The change of the neighborhood in terms of cultures, nationalities, ethnicities and races since 1019.
500
What was Gonzalo's uncle's problem since he has come to the United States?
He couldn't communicate in English, so he became like a baby who had to be taken care of; he has lost his dignity.
500

What does water represent in the book?

Sam encouraging the community to work together to solve a problem AND/OR one of the main problems of the garden.

500

Which craft move is this? "You see, it isn't very often I have the pleasure of taking a visitor into my little nest."

What is metaphor?

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