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Quote Identification
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100
Identify the speaker: "I would show him that I could raise plants, as he had. I would show him that I was his daughter."
Kim
100

What was the reason Sam started the water contest?

There was no spigot(faucet) in the garden, so people had to bring their own. 

100
"She gave me the binoculars and told me all about the Chinese girl." How is this an example of Wendell stereotyping someone?
Kim isn't Chinese, she's Asian. Wendell is making a generalization and assuming that she is Chinese because of the way she looks.
100

What is the importance of the locker that Virgil finds?

He sees a similarity to the goddess of crops and thinks that perhaps the little girl could help with his father's lettuce.

100

Identify the figurative language "The truth slapped me in the face"

Personification 

200
Identify the speaker: "The older you are, the younger you get when you move to the U.S."
Gonzalo
200

How does Gonzalo learn English?

From watching Television.

200
How does Ana stereotype Kim?
She assumes Kim is burying a weapon, drugs, or money based on her appearance.
200

Which character trait best describes Virgil's father?

Greedy: His father sees the garden and asks riders in his taxi what plants can he plant to make the most money.

200

Identify the figurative language "As still as a cat."

Simile

300

Identify the speaker: "The older you are, the younger you get when you move to the United States".

Gonzalo 

300

Why does Lateesha break up with Curtis?

He is conceited and had girls hanging on him.

300
Who is stereotyped for being a pregnant Mexican teenager?
Maricela
300

Why does Sae-Young feel safe in the garden?

People are coming together, having friendly conversations, and having fun with the water contest. 

300

Identify the figure of speech "And to be out to lunch, to not return messages, and t keep folks on hold until they turn gray and die."

Hyperbole

400
Identify the speaker: "...even I, a businessman, trained to give away nothing, to always make a profit. The garden provided many excuses for breaking that particular rule."
Amir
400

How do Curtis and Royce help each other out?

Curtis buys Royce a sleeping bag and food; Royce guards the tomato plants.

400
Explain how the people in the garden originally feel about Royce? What makes them change their opinions?
They are originally scared of him because he is young, big, and black. When they get to know him they see that he is a good, helpful person and they begin to like him.
400

Where did Wendell work before he moved to Cleveland?

Janitor on a Kentucky Farm.

400

What do the colors of the garden remind Amir of?

A Persian rug his parents owned. 

500

Identify the speaker and figurative language: "paradise, a garden of Eden."

Sam // Allusion

500

What is Sae-Young's external conflict?

She was robbed and beat up.

500
What does Amir say about Polish men and women before he actually gets to know one?
the men are all steelworkers and the women only cook cabbage
500
Who finds a heart shaped locket while clearing out his/her spot?
Virgil
500

Virgil's character has a conflict when Virgil's father lies to Mrs. Fleck about owning the land where he planted the lettuce; saying he planted the lettuce for a family that can not work. What type of conflict does Virgil have? 

Virgil experiences an internal conflict. He is caught between his desire to respect his father and his knowledge that his father's actions are dishonest.