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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 cover has been moved off the opening.
(c) The stones are crumbling.
(d) The grass around it has been freshly mowed.

2. What does Kaori take from her house to assist with the ceremony she wants to perform in Chapter 31?
(a) Scissors and milk.
(b) Matches and candles.
(c) Paperclips and pins.
(d) Alcohol and glasses.

3. Where does Virgil tell the voice in the well he would like to travel to someday?
(a) Russia.
(b) Ireland.
(c) Ohio.
(d) Bali.

4. What work of literature was the name of Valencia's guinea pig taken from?
(a) Moby Dick.
(b) A Christmas Carol.
(c) Gulliver's Travels.
(d) Treasure Island.

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

6. What special stone does Kaori say they need to find in Chapter 31 for the ceremony?
(a) Snakeskin agate.
(b) Quartz.
(c) Coal.
(d) Diamond.

7. What is it about Virgil's house that makes Valencia a little nervous in Chapter 29?
(a) It is big, and something about big houses intimidates her.
(b) It is red, and she does not like the color red.
(c) It is very run-down, and she finds this foreboding.
(d) It is brick, and she once fell and cut her forehead at a brick house.

8. What do Kaori and Gen hear at the end of Chapter 31 that startles them and shakes them?
(a) Screaming.
(b) Their mother calling for them to come home.
(c) A low-flying plane.
(d) Flames crackling.

9. Who answers the door at Virgil's house in Chapter 29?
(a) Julius.
(b) Virgil.
(c) Joselito.
(d) Lola.

10. What question does Kaori ask Valencia in the end of Chapter 26 that Valencia does not hear?
(a) What star sign Valencia is.
(b) When Valencia got her hearing aids.
(c) Whether Valencia has any pets.
(d) Whether Valencia knows sign language.

11. Who was the king in Lola's story who was only one inch tall that Virgil tells the voice in the well about in Chapter 27?
(a) Paulito.
(b) Joselito.
(c) Salvadoro.
(d) Roberto.

12. What does the voice in the well tell Virgil silence is good for in Chapter 28?
(a) Listening for animals nearby.
(b) Hearing your own thoughts.
(c) Contacting others.
(d) Sleeping.

13. What does Chet suspect about Valencia's deafness?
(a) That it was due to her listening to music that was too loud.
(b) That it is the reason she is so smart.
(c) That she might be faking it.
(d) That it helps her more than it challenges her.

14. What is one of Chet's father's favorite expressions that Chet remembers in Chapter 29?
(a) Soldier on.
(b) Stupid is as stupid does.
(c) You might as well be nothing if you don't excel at something.
(d) People should fear you more than they like you.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Virgil think is trying to kill him in Chapter 22?

2. Where did Kaori first get the crystals?

3. Why is Virgil's time in the resource room his favorite time in school?

4. Where does Kaori say they should start looking for Virgil in Chapter 27?

5. Why does Virgil have to go to the resource room at school?

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