Seedfolks Quizzes

Seedfolks Quiz 1

1 Why does Kim plant lima beans in a vacant lot?
To ease the suspicions of her neighbor Ana

To form a connection with her deceased father, who was a farmer

To make sure her family has enough food to eat

To start a community garden on Gibb Street
2 What was the occupation of Kim's father in Vietnam?
Schoolteacher

Soldier

Journalist

Farmer
3 What enables Kim's beans to survive the cold?
The sun reflected from a refrigerator

The circles drawn by Wendell

The fertilizer applied by Ana

The help of Kim's schoolteacher
4 Why does Ana compare Gibb Street to a cheap hotel?
Because Gibb Street is famous for gambling

Because the area is known for its bad restaurants

Because people only stay until they have enough money to leave

Because there are a lot of hotels in the area
5 Why does Ana dig up Kim's beans?
Because she hates beans

Because she does not want anything growing in the lot

Because she is suspicious that Kim buried something illicit

Because she knows that Kim planted them wrong
6 Why does Ana call Wendell?
To tell him his wife died

To organize an event at the garden

Because Kim's plants are dying

To ask him to buy her groceries
7 Why does Wendell draw a circle around the bean plant?
To fend off the rats

To kill the insects

To harm Kim's beans

To retain water
8 Why do the gardeners begin to put fences around their plots?
To protect their business plans from failure

To make sure their plants do not cross-contaminate

To protect their plants from animals

To protect their plants from thieves and crazy people
9 What do fences symbolize in Seedfolks?
Social division and distrust of neighbors

Policing

Community building

Anti-Black racism
10 What biblical allusion does Sam make to describe the garden's positive qualities?
Tower of Babel

Garden of Eden

Baby Moses

Noah's Ark
11 Why does Wendell recognize what Kim planted?
Because he grew up on a farm

Because he grew up at a bean processing plant

Because he works on a farm

Because he works at a restaurant
12 Why does Wendell buy a shovel?
To dig a big hole to retain water

To gift the shovel to Kim

To fend off the thieves taking his tomatoes

Because he is inspired to change the lot into a garden
13 Why does Gonzalo say that his father and uncle got younger when they came to the U.S.?
Because they lived a healthier lifestyle there

Because they lived an easier life removed from the pressures back home

Because they can't speak English and must rely on Gonzalo for help

Because they started working and making more money
14 Why is Virgil embarassed in front of his teacher?
Because his father has taken over many plots for his business venture

Because his father's lettuce is dying

Because he has a crush on her

Because he failed her class back in grade school
15 What enables Tío Juan to change from a baby back to a man in Gonzalo's eyes?
Gonzalo sees that Juan is very knowledgeable about planting

Tío Juan finally gets a job

Tío Juan organizes a neighborhood event

Gonzalo sees that Juan tries to learn English
16 Why does Leona plant goldenrod?
Because her granny used it as medicine

Because she wants to dry and sell it

For use in traditional southern recipes

Because her mother was a big fan of goldenrod
17 Why does Curtis plant tomatoes?
To win over Lateesha, who loves tomatoes

For use in traditional Italian recipes

To fix nitrogen in the soil

To sell to fancy restaurants in the area
18 How does Leona finally get the Public Health Department to remove the trash from the lot?
By bringing a smelly bag of trash to their offices

By writing letters to her congresswoman

By threatening to write a damning expose

By calling them ten times a day for a month
19 How does Sam participate in the garden despite his old age?
He hires a young teen to plant for him

He decorates the garden

His nurse helps him to plant in an upright bin

He plays music for the gardeners
20 How does Sam try to repair the rips in the neighborhood's social fabric?
By writing letters to politicians asking them for improved services

By being friendly to everyone, especially those who are different from him

By raising funds to improve the garden

By organizing a harvest festival at the garden
21 Why does a homeless man rip up plants at the garden?
Because he needs food to eat

Because he is racist

Because the gardeners spoke unkindly to him

Because he is angry he can no longer sleep there
22 Why does Florence call the first gardeners seedfolks?
Because they started the Gibb Street garden

Because they are all immigrants

Because they are all expert planters

Because they migrated from Louisiana
23 Why does Sam start a contest?
To come up with a solution to the garden's problem of water access

To raise funds to help improve the garden

To see which kid can name all the plants in the garden

To see who can grow the biggest tomatoes
24 Which character does Fleischman mention as representing aspects of himself?
Wendell

Virgil

Sam

Kim
25 What event causes Nora and Mr. Myles to get to know the rest of the gardeners?
Water contest

July 4th barbecue

Harvest festival

Thunderstorm

2 Metaphors at Kim

I'm not sure what you mean by "Kim's part".

Asked by e n #1204378

Answered by Aslan on 1/7/2022 4:04 AM

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What does Virgil promise in Seedfolks?

Virgil's father promised him an 18-speed bike once they earned some money.

Asked by Noah G #1199471

Answered by jill d #170087 on 12/10/2021 5:52 PM

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What are the 2 things that the author says people rediscover in a community garden?

While the gardeners are not related by blood, and each comes from very different cultures and countries, they come to feel like they are part of a community and even a family. This is because they come to share space, interact, and to genuinely...

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Answered by jill d #170087 on 12/6/2021 4:21 PM

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