Seedfolks

by Paul Fleischman

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Seedfolks Questions and Answers

What character traits describe Gonzalo from the book Seedfolks by Paul Fleischman?

What does each character plant in the garden?

In Seedfolks, what does it mean when Gonzalo says "the older you are, the younger you get when you move to the United States"?

Why does Ana get involved in the garden?  

In Seedfolks, how does the garden affect Gonzalo?

Where are all of the characters from in Seedfolks?

In Seedfolks, what are the stereotypes Amir has about Polish people, and how does his attitude change when he meets one?

In Seedfolks, how does Leona help the garden?

In Seedfolks by Sam Fleischman, what does Sam say are three problems in the garden?

What are the four things Nora compares the garden to?

In Seedfolks, how does Virgil help the garden grow?

What is the theme of Paul Fleischman's book "Seedfolks"?

In Seedfolks, what has happened to Ana's neighborhood since she came there as a child?

How old is Sae Young in Seedfolks?

Who is Virgil in Seedfolks and what are his characterstic traits?

How did a character change over the course of the novel?

What are some literary devices from the Amir chapter?

What helps Tio Juan change from a baby back into a man in Seedfolks?

What did Nora plant in the vacant lot in Seedfolks?

In Seedfolks by Paul Fleischman, why does Kim stand before her family altar? Why is she sad?    

In Seedfolks, Sam likes to spend his time "sewing up the rips in the neighborhood." What are some of the things he does that many other people never bother with? Why do you think this approach helps him get through to people?

How does Leona use the garbage from the lot to her advantage in Seedfolks?

In Seedfolks, how do Kim and Ana affect their community?

In Seedfolks, what does Sam mean when he says "the garden was turning back into Cleveland"?

In Seedfolks, how did Curtis affect the garden and his community?

Why is Gonzalo's symbol a pepper in Seedfolks by Paul Fleischman?

In Seedfolks, Fleishman creates a very different voice for Sae Young. What connection can you see between her story and Gonzalo's?

In Seedfolks, who is Wendell? What is his job? How is he connected to the neighborhood?  

What does Mr.Myles and Nora use to plant?  

In the book, Seedfolks, how does the garden change Sae Young?

In Nora's chapter, what plant does the character choose to grow and why?

What are some quotes from Ana in Seedfolks?  

What does Sam notice about how the garden is set up in Seedfolks?

How did Gonzalo say he learned English in Seedfolks?

In Seedfolks, how does Nora help Mr. Myles participate in the garden?

What transformation has come over Amir since we were introduced to him by Curtis?

What are Leona's motives for planting in Seedfolks?

In the book Seedfolks, how would you describe the neighborhood that Kim lived in?

How did Gonzalo's mother in the novel Seedfolks show that she understood Tio Juan's needs?

Why does Kim from the story Seedfolks move to Ohio, and did her dad die from a heart-attack? Did she move to America with her mom?

In Seedfolks, what kind of work did Sam do before he retired? 

Who is Kim in Seedfolks?

What does Florence mean by the word "Seedfolks"? Why do you think Fleischman chose this title for the book?  

What is Curtis's dialect in the book Seedfolks?

Why were Ana and Wendell important to one another?

In Seedfolks, when is Kim helped by the garden?

Why does Virgil's father lie to Miss Fleck in Seedfolks?

In Seedfolks, why did Amir retell the story of the Polish woman who had been in a concentration camp?

In Seedfolks, why was Amir critical of America?

What main event takes place in Chapter 2 of Seedfolks?