Seedfolks: Maricela, Amir and Florence

What country is Amir from?

• India
• Brazil
• Vietnam
• Mexico

What does the garden remind Amir of?

• A night sky
• A bus station
• Persian rug
• His mothers perfume

Why didn't the Polish woman remove the carrot seedlings?

• She had arthritis
• She was lazy
• It reminded her of her children
• It reminded her of concentration camps

Florence explains Seedfolks as what?

• People who ate seeds
• People who moved to Cleveland
• People who start something
• People who garden

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.W.6.9A

Why does everyone give Maricela advice?

• She is poor
• She is pregnant
• She is disabled
• She is malnourished

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CCSS.RL.6.3

Her ancestors left the South, "cotton growing country," in 1859 because...

• their crops were not producing.

• they wanted to grow fruit instead of cotton.

• they were forced to leave.

• they were freed slaves.

Florence had to settle for being a "watcher" of the garden because

• she has arthritis.

• she was in a wheelchair.

• she did not like to socialize with people.

• she was worried about the dangers of Gibb Streeet.

Florence is retired from what job?

• a police officer

• a cook

• a librarian

• a teacher

What season is it that Florence likes least?

• summer

• autumn (fall)

• winter

• spring

The last line of Florence's story says that she saw the man in the rocker, and they...

• decided to walk to the garden together.

• ignored each other.

• waved and waved at each other.

• smiled at each other.