Question: Kim

Answer: Vietnamese girl who plants lima beans and starts the garden because she never got to meet her father who was a farmer and she wants to feel connected to him.

Question: Ana

Answer: Old Rumanian woman who thought Kim was burying something bad and accidentally dug up her beans. Then buys binoculars to make sure the plants survive.

Question: Wendell

Answer: Middle-aged school janitor whose wife and son have passed away. Friend of Ana. Waters the beans and shows Kim how to take care of the plants.

Question: Gonzalo

Answer: Young boy from Guatemala who is supposed to take care of his Tio Juan. Makes the statement “the older you are, the younger you get when you move to the United States”.

Question: Leona

Answer: Middle aged African American woman whose Granny always drank goldenrod tea. Decides to get the trash out of the lot so other people can plant in the lot. Takes a bag of trash to city hall to “make herself real” to them.