Seedfolks
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The author of Seedfolks

Who is Paul Fleischman?

100

Who am I?

I am a 9-year-old girl from Vietnam and I plant 6 lima bean seeds in memory of my deceased father.

Who is Kim 

100

A Table for offering gifts, prayers or candles to ancestors or gods 

What is an Alter?

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

I am a buff 28 year old African American guy who wants my ex-girlfriend back.  Working in the garden gave me a new outlook on life. 

Who is Curtis?

200

The setting of the story "Seedfolks"

Where is Cleveland, Ohio? 

200

I am from Kentucky and now work as a janitor.  I lost my wife in a car crash and my son was shot. 

Who is Wendell?

200

A substance burned to create perfume or aroma

What is incense?

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

I come from Haiti and I just graduated from 5th grade.  My father is a taxi driver, and he wants to grow lettuce in the garden. 

Who is Virgil?

300

The name of the street in this urban neighborhood setting of Cleveland, Ohio.  

What is Gibbs St? 

300

I am 78 years old, and I spent my whole life doing jobs to bring everyone together.  

Who is Sam?

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

I am an Indian man who lives with my wife and son, and manages a fabric store.  Growing eggplant in the garden helped me meet my neighbors. 

Who is Amir?

400

Name 3 of the nationalities working the garden on Gibbs St. from Seedfolks that we have read so far. 

What is...Vietnamese, Guatemalan, English, American, Jewish

400

I helped my uncle who could not speak English after moving the the U.S. from Guatemala. 


Who is Gonzalo?

400

A grocery store, usually one that sells products from Latin-America.

What is a Bodega? 

400

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.


400

When noone paid attention to my phone complaints, I went to City Hall with a bag of smelly trash!

Who is Leona?

500

I am from Great Britian, and I help Mr. Myles, an elderly man who needs my support to get around.

Who is Nora?

500

What does Sam observe about how the garden is set up?

What is Sam observes that the garden is set up just like the neighborhood with all of the different races separated. Some people begin to put up "keep out" signs and barbed wire.

500

I got involved with the garden because I was suspicious of a young Asian girl digging in the vacant lot.

Who is Ana?