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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III (Chapters 18 - 26).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mr. Bullens, Chet's father, say about answering questions?
(a) He says that Chet can rest assured that Mr. Bullens knows everything about everything.
(b) He says a smart man has an answer for every question.
(c) He says that no one else knows all the answers either, so it is OK to be wrong sometimes.
(d) He says if you do not know the answer to a question, you should make one up.

2. In Chapter 9, what does Valencia think about her own name?
(a) She wishes it was shorter.
(b) It could lead people into battle.
(c) She wishes it was easier for people to say.
(d) She would like to change it to Susan.

3. What is Chet's favorite thing about snakes?
(a) How they swallow their prey with one gulp.
(b) How they move so quickly.
(c) How they shed their skin.
(d) How they have so many different colors.

4. What does the voice in the well tell Virgil in Chapter 25 when he says his situation is hopeless?
(a) He can climb out of the well right now if he believes he can.
(b) There is a dog at the opening of the well who is barking and raising the alarm for him.
(c) Nothing is ever hopeless.
(d) His grandmother is on her way to find him.

5. What language does Valencia want to learn?
(a) Russian.
(b) Italian.
(c) American Sign Language.
(d) Spanish.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kinds of foods do Mr. Bullens and Chet mostly buy in Chapter 10?

2. How do Mrs. Salinas and Mrs. Tanaka know each other?

3. Where did Kaori first get the crystals?

4. What does Mahal kita mean, which Virgil's mother often tells him?

5. Who was the woman in Lola's story to Virgil who had been hungry for seven years?

(see the answer key)

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