| A | B |
| Virgil's grade | 5th grade |
| Where Virgil is from | Haiti |
| What Virgil's father does | cab driver |
| What Virgil finds in the garde | a rusty locket |
| The picture in the locket | a girl with a hat w/ flowers |
| What Virgil and his Dad planted | lettuce |
| What happened to the lettuce | wilted |
| Lettuce seeds | very smll and light |
| What happened to the lettuce seeds | washed way |
| How water was brought to the garden | in a cab |
| How many pots were planted | a "plantation" |
| The strictest teacher in Ohio | Miss Fleck |
| What Miss Fleck asked | why Virgil and his Dad had so many plots |
| Virgil's dad's response for all the plots | They" belonged to his family" |
| Virgil's Dad's responses | were lies |