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100
This person started the garden to connect with his/her dead father.
Who is Kim?
100

What happened to the lettuce that Virgil and his 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
Sam wanted a garden but felt that he was too old to work and take care of it by himself. How did he solve this problem?
He hired a young Puerto Rican teenager to help him work the garden and carry water for him.
100

     What does the word gales means as it is used in the following sentence:

Back in England, you'd see mothers pushing infants in prams through winter gales.                                                                                                                                                                                                             

Strong wind.

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
Wendell did two things to save the lima beans.
1. What is digging around the plant to keep the water around the roots. 2. What is watering the beans?
200

What does dweller means as it is used in the following sentence:

It showed climbing vines, rivers, and waterfalls, grapes, flower beds, singing, birds, everything a desert dweller might dream of.

to be from a specified place.

300
This person lived all his life and worked as a farmer in Vietnam.
Who is Kim's father?
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
After Leona couldn't get the city to listen to her, what did she do to get the city to finally come and clean the lot?
She came with a garbage bag with garbage from the lot, and opened it up in the Public Health Department, so the terrible smell finally got their attention.
300

What does decorum mean as it is used in the following sentence:

One afternoon Yolanda broke two of her fancy, painted, expensive nails and cursed out loud for ten minutes. Penny couldn't shut her up. Then another woman came over and gave us this long lecture about the word "decorum"

to behave in a way that is socially acceptable or polite.

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

Maricela did not want to keep her baby but after speaking to Leona, what did she decide to do?

She started appreciating the value of life and wanted to keep her baby.

400

What does obliged mean as it used in the following sentence:

He wanted to stop. I obliged him at once.

to do what someone wants you to do. To obey.

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
Kim showed Wendell that although he feels that he can't change the world, there is something he can change. What is it?
He can put his time and effort into changing this trashy lot into a growing garden; he can do that instead of complaining about the world he can't change.
500

What does funnel means as it use in the following sentence:

Hard to pour into narrow containers. I quick go to store. Buy three funnels to make much easier filling containers.

a cone-shaped tool with a wide opening at the top and a narrow opening at the bottom, used to pour liquids or powders into containers with small openings, like bottles