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What is bodega?
A grocery store, usually where Latin American items can be found.
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What is incense?
The candles and the ___________ sticks were lit to mark the death of Kim's father.
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Who is Kim?
The garden helps this character to connect with her father.
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What is an alter?
A table or raised platform used for offering giftes, prayers, and candles to gods or ancestors.
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What is a trowel?
Tio Juan used a ___________ to dig the soil.
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Who is Tio Juan?
The garden helps this character regain some of his dignity and feel like he has something more to contribute.
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What is teetered?
to stand unsteadily, almost tipping over.
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What is suspiciously?
Ana thought Kim was acting _____________.
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Who Ana?
The garden helps this character to realize that she should't judge people before she gets to know them.
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What is a pueblo?
A type of town usually found in the deserts of Mexico and Southwestern United States, where people built houses of adobe into the mountain sides.
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What is a trough?
Tio Juan sprinkled the seeds into the __________ that he made.
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Who is Wendell?
The garden helps this character to focus on what he can change instead of what he can't change.
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What is a trough?
A long depression or hole in the ground, usually used for planting or watering when gardening.
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What is a sliver?
Ana could see a ___________ of Lake Erie out her apartment window.
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Who is Gonzalo
The garden helps this character to see his uncle in a new way and realize that his uncle knows about things he doesn't.
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