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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What surprises Virgil about his own voice when he finally yells for help from the well in Chapter 20?
(a) How much it sounds like his father's voice.
(b) How loud it is.
(c) How scratchy it is.
(d) How high it is.

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

3. What does Gen tell Valencia in Chapter 29 about Virgil that Valencia thinks is interesting?
(a) Virgil has a pet snake.
(b) Virgil knows sign language.
(c) Virgil speaks Spanish.
(d) Virgil has a pet rat.

4. Why does Virgil have to go to the resource room at school?
(a) For extra help with music.
(b) For extra help with reading.
(c) So he can tutor other kids who are struggling in chemistry.
(d) For extra help with math.

5. What does Valencia offer to do with Gen and Kaori in Chapter 26?
(a) Help them look for Virgil.
(b) Help them look for Gulliver.
(c) Help them hunt for snakes.
(d) Help them bake the best birthday cake ever.

6. What does Chet think he would name a snake if he catches one in Chapter 30?
(a) Gandalf.
(b) Smaug.
(c) Richard.
(d) Virgil.

7. What does Chet wrap around his arm after the snake bites him?
(a) The pillowcase he had brought to capture the snake.
(b) Virgil's bandanna.
(c) A bunch of leaves.
(d) His t-shirt.

8. What does Valencia notice that Kaori is really good at in Chapter 29?
(a) Feeding animals.
(b) The how-tos.
(c) Doing sign language.
(d) Singing.

9. What does Valencia notice about the old well in the woods that is strange to her in Chapter 21?
(a) Someone is yelling from inside of it.
(b) The stones are crumbling.
(c) The cover has been moved off the opening.
(d) The grass around it has been freshly mowed.

10. Who does Chet see in the woods in Chapter 18?
(a) His father.
(b) Kaori.
(c) Valencia.
(d) Gen.

11. Who begins talking to Virgil in the well in Chapter 25?
(a) Frederico.
(b) Ruby San Salvador.
(c) Pah.
(d) Valencia.

12. What did Virgil's mother used to tell him when he had bad dreams as a younger child?
(a) Everyone has dreams but not everyone lets the dreams scare them.
(b) Go back to sleep.
(c) Imagine you are someplace else.
(d) It will all look better in the daytime.

13. What does Virgil remember that Bayani means in Chapter 27?
(a) Hero.
(b) Villain.
(c) King.
(d) Prince.

14. How does Valencia think of moving through the woods in Chapter 19?
(a) She likes to think of herself as blindfolded in the woods.
(b) She likes to track animal prints through the woods.
(c) She does not just walk through the woods, she feels them.
(d) She likes to think of the birds' songs leading her through the woods.

15. What does Chet think the person he sees in the woods is doing in Chapter 18?
(a) Hiding.
(b) Building a house.
(c) Looking for an animal.
(d) Performing a spell.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one of Chet's father's favorite expressions that Chet remembers in Chapter 29?

2. What does the voice in the well tell Virgil to do one last time in Chapter 32 before he goes to sleep for a while?

3. What kind of feeling does Valencia have as she leaves the woods in Chapter 21?

4. What does Kaori tell Valencia about Virgil's Lola?

5. What work of literature was the name of Valencia's guinea pig taken from?

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