The Garden of Happiness

Our car _______ on the ice, but luckily, we were able to stop safely.

• mural

• skidded

• haze

• inhaled

I ________ deeply when my mother took a freshly baked loaf of bread from the oven.

• haze

• inhaled

• venture

• lavender

The color _________ is a light shade of purple.

• mural

• yellow

• red

• lavender

The __________ that filled the sky made it hard to see the mountains.

• haze

• lavender

• mural

• inhaled

In our city, each school painted a ________ on the side of a tall building.

• lavender

• skidded

• mural

• inhaled

Most of the story takes place in ____________.

• an empty lot

• a garage

• an apartment building

• Marisol's house

Neighbors on Marisol's block clear an empty lot so they can __________.

• meet there

• have a party

• have a street festival

• plant a garden

Why can't Marisol have a garden plot like the other people have?

• All the land is divided up.

• She does not know what to plant.

• Teenagers are painting a mural.

• She didn't help clean up the empty lot.

How does Marisol feel when she finds a patch of soil for her garden?

• disappointed that it is so small

• very happy to have a little space for herself

• annoyed that she cannot have a larger plot

• no longer interested in having a garden

What problem does Marisol have with her garden?

• She has to learn how to plant things.

• She is working with a very small patch of soil.

• She needs to find something to plant.

• She can't find time to look after her garden.