Seedfolks Final Test

Why does Kim plant lima beans?

• She wants to show her father, who passed away, that she can grow vegetables like he did, so he will be proud of her.

• She wants to make something in memory of her dad.

• She likes to eat lima beans.

• She likes to grow things.

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

Why does Ana talk in detail about what the neighborhood is like? 

• She enjoys the company of her neighbors.
• She doesn't like kids. 
• She wants the reader to understand what the neighborhood was like before and how it has become so divided. 
• She wants to tell the reader how she is a detective. 

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

What does Ana think Kim is doing in the garden? 

• planting vegetables
• planting fruit 
• planting a treasure 
• hiding drugs, money, or a gun 

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

What does Wendell do for a job? 

• a janitor at a school 
• a fast food worker 
• a teacher 
• a bus driver 

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

What does Wendell mean by the saying, "and the little child shall lead them?"

• Ana is the leader of a small group of children.

• The little child was Kim and she helped Wendell see that he could change something too.

• Ana led Wendell to the garden.

• Children are better at leading than adults.

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

What does Gonzalo refer to by saying, "the older you are the younger you become when you move to the United States"?

• His uncle, Tio Juan, is only 5 years old.

• When people don't know English and they move to the United States, they feel like children and have to learn all over again. Role reversal.

• He feels younger than anyone else in the neighborhood.

• Everyone is older in the United States than in other countries.

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

What helps Tio Juan change from a baby back into a man?

• He is able to plant something familiar in the garden.

• He learns to speak English quickly.

• He moves back to Guatemala.

• Gonzalo introduces him to another adult who speaks Spanish.

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

Why does Sam say, "People say I'm friendly, no matter what they've heard about whites or Jews"?

• People like the name "Sam."

• Sam wasn't friendly to people who weren't a part of the garden.

• Sam is the only white and Jew person in the neighborhood, and he is friendly, so he is not judged like others in the garden.

• Sam does not get along with many other whites in the neighborhood.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

What is the importance of the locket Virgil finds? 

• The picture of the little girl in the locket reminds Virgil of a friend he had in Haiti. 
• The locket belong to his mother who passed away a few years earlier. 
• Virgil thinks the girl is pretty and wears it.
• He sees a similarity to the goddess of crops and thinks that perhaps the little girl could help with his father's lettuce. 

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CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

Why does Virgil's father lie to Miss Fleck about the plots he has for the lettuce?

• He doesn't trust Miss Fleck.
• He is greedy and planted more than he should and doesn't want to give it back.
• He wants Virgil to see that is is okay to lie to make money.
• He smiles and thinks it is funny.

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1