Objects
What does Ana buy to help her watch the garden?
Binoculars
"I would show him that I could raise plants, as he had. I would show him that I was his daughter."
Kim
Vacant means
Empty
"The older you are, the younger you get when you move to the United States."
Gonzalo
What does Kim plant in the garden?
Lima beans
What object does Wendell bring home from work?
A shovel
"Then I opened the garbage bag I'd picked up in the lot on my way."
Leona
Thrive means
To succeed, to do well, to flourish
"My phone doesn't ring much, which suits me fine."
Wendell
What does Leona take from the lot to city hall?
A garbage bag
What object does Kim use to dig holes in the dirt?
A spoon
"You've seen fishermen mending the rips in their nets. That's what I do, only with people. I used to try to patch up the whole world."
Sam
An obituary is
a notice in print of someone's death
"There's plenty about my life I can't change. Can't bring the dead back to life on this earth. Can't change myself into a millionaire. But a patch of ground in this trashy lot- I can change that. Can change it big."
Wendell
What does Leona want to plant in the garden?
Goldenrod Tea
What does Gonzalo's mother buy Tio Juan?
Seeds and a trowel
"Then I realized. She was burying something. I never had children of my own, but I've seen enough in that lot to know she was mixed up in something she shouldn't be.
Ana
A thermos is
A container for holding liquid, regulates temperature
"Looking at it, I knew this wasn't a job for no wheelbarrow. This was a job for the telephone."
Leona
Sam gets a teenager to help him with gardening. What does the teenager want to plant?
Marijuana
What object gets thrown into the garden from the buildings nearby?
A bottle
"I finally found him standing in front of the beauty parlor, staring through the glass at a woman with a drier over her head. He must've wondered what weird planet he'd moved to."
Gonzalo
Parole
Being released early from prison on good behavior, comes with requirements
"Always the sirens, people killing each other. Now I see families from Mexico and Cambodia and countries I don't know, twelve people sometimes in one apartment."
Ana
What do Sam and the teenager end up planting?
Pumpkins