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  • Describe Tio Juan. Who is he?
    Gonzalo's great uncle, he only speaks a native Indian language
  • When the garden gets crowded, what does Sam notice?
    Different races separated and didn't interact, fences and keep out signs.
  • What does Ana think Kim buried in the vacant lot?
    guns or drugs
  • What did Gonzalo mean when he says, "the older you are when you come to the US, the younger you get?"
    the language keeps older people from getting comfortable in the US
  • Why does Kim plant the beans in the vacant lot?
    in hopes her dead father would see she could grow something
  • Leona found out that the city of Cleveland owned the lot. How did she get them to clean up the garbage that had been dumped there?
    She took a bag of trash to her meeting at the Public Health Department and opened it up for everyone to smell
  • Define/describe the word vacant
    empty
  • Define/describe a bodega
    small corner store for groceries
  • What is an occupation?
    another word for/synonym for job
  • What is an obituary?
    A summary written about a person's life after they have passed away. It highlights their family, job, hobbies and interests to celebrate their life.
  • How are Gonzalo and Wendell connected?
    Gonzalo goes to the school where Wendell works
  • Describe what the vacant lot is like on the day Kim visits?
    Messy, trashy, tires, old couch and rats
  • Even though Sam wants the people in his community to be connected, what does he notice happening in the garden?
    People are only talking to the people they know and have things in common with. The garden is becoming divided.
  • What do Wendell, Tio Juan and Kim have in common?
    knowledge of plants/farming
  • How does Wendell react when he sees Kim in the vacant lot?
    Smiles, shows her that he is watering her plants
  • Why does Ana spend so much time looking out her window?
    She is lonely and it is entertainment to her, much like watching tv
  • What was Leona's grandmother known for?
    outliving all of her doctors to the age of 99
  • Define/describe the word thrive
    growing nicely
  • What is the conflict in Leona's Chapter?
    All the Garbage in the lot
  • When Ana looks out the window what does she see?
    vacant lot, sliver of Lake Erie, 48 apartment windows
  • What is an important character trait to know about Sam?
    He wants people in his community to be connected to eachother
  • What is Gonzolo's equation?
    The older you are, the younger you become when you move to the USA
  • What does Kim plant in the vacant lot outside her apartment?
    beans
  • What did we learn about Wendell's life in the beginning of Chapter 3?
    his son and his wife both died
  • Why did Leona decide that she wanted to plant goldenrod in the community garden?
    Her grandmother drank goldenrod tea every day
  • Who sees Kim in the vacant lot from her window?
    Ana
  • How does Leona help the community garden?
    She gets the Health Department to clean the garbage out of the lot.
  • Define/describe what it means to recognize
    to notice and understand.
  • What does Wendell do for a job?
    school janitor
  • Define/describe gestures
    talking/communicating with our hands
  • What does Wendell decide to bring home from work? Why?
    shovel; to plant and grow things in the lot
  • Who is Tio Juan to Gonzalo?
    Great Uncle
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