Seedfolks in Review

Sae Young is described as weak, alone and ...

• angry because her husband died

• sad because a burglar beat her up one night.

• fearful because she is weak and alone.

• excited to play a role in the garden.

Maricela feels ugly and useless until the end of the chapter when she recognizes herself as part of something bigger and stronger...

• she is part of the water cycle.

• she is part of the electrical outage from the storm.

• she is part of nature, because she is pregnant.

• she is part of the garden because she cannot attend school.

Nora is the caregiver for Mr. Myles and her connection to the garden is

• physical since Mr. Myles cannot manage the work himself.

• emotional since Mr. Myles loves to garden.

• financial since Mr. Myles wants to sell his produce.

• physical since Mr. Myles asks her to do the work.

Nora's challenge is similar to Curtis' challenge because...

• Nora does not communicate with Mr. Myles and Curtis cannot communicate with Lateesha.

• It's difficult for Nora to communicate with Mr. Myles and it's difficult for Curtis to communicate his feelings to Lateesha.

• both Nora and Curtis speak a different language so it's difficult to be heard.

• both Nora and Curtis share the same connection with the garden.

Curtis is compared to Atlas, which means he is a physically strong man. How does his strength get in his way?

• He remembers past girlfriends are not as important as Lateesha.

• He realizes his feelings for Lateesha are connected to her liking tomatoes.

• He remembers that Lateesha loves tomatoes.

• He realizes his muscles won't make him as happy as being with someone he loves.

Amir describes the Persian rugs from his childhood. How does this relate to the garden?

• The streets near the lot are gray concrete and black asphalt like the rugs with dull colors.

• The garden is full of colorful growing vegetables and flowers like the rugs that showed climbing vines, grapes, and flower beds.

• The people of the garden are various cultures like the rugs that showed different people working together.

• The lot is in Cleveland where immigrants came together to build a garden like that showed on the Persian rugs.

Florence is the last character chapter in the book. How does she remind the reader of the beginning of the book?

• Florence's story is of the garden that existed before Kim planted her lima beans. Then she sees Kim plant her seeds, along with Ana.

• Florence tells a story about the past. She is sad the garden was abandoned.

• Florence tells a story that is the same as the garden the characters tell in this book.

• Florence's story is of the future, when seeds are planted to build a garden for the people of their community.

Seedfolks is told by many different, first person narrators, each with his/her own style of speech and story-telling.

Why does the author choose to use this type of narration for his book?

• He sets the story up to teach gardening skills to people living in the same community.

• He sets the story up to show how segregated people are when they live in a city.

• He sets the story up to show how people can be disconnected in a big city and a simple garden can bring them together.

• He sets the story up to show the different cultures that exist in the United States.

How are the people of Seedfolks related to each other?

• They all live in the same community.

• They all play a role with a garden in their community.

• They all agree the drunks need to leave their community.

• They all agree to be friends in their community.

What is the significance of the title Seedfolks?

• People can be like seeds in a garden and grow together.

• People can work to become seeds in a garden.

• People can be part of nature and take over their community with the help of the health department.

• People can grow old together when they live near each other in a community.