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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of feeling does Valencia have as she leaves the woods in Chapter 21?
(a) A sad feeling.
(b) A weird feeling.
(c) A happy feeling.
(d) An angry feeling.

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

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

4. Who does Valencia like to pretend to be when she writes in her zoological diary?
(a) Jane Goodall.
(b) Amelia Earhardt.
(c) Katherine Hall.
(d) Marie Curie.

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

6. What was Valenica's former friend Roberta so scared of?
(a) Snakes.
(b) Alligators.
(c) The dark.
(d) Rats.

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

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. What is one question Valencia writes down in her diary about rodents in Chapter 21?
(a) What do mice do in the winter?
(b) What is the largest rodent in the world?
(c) Why does she never see rats in the woods?
(d) What are rodents' main predators?

10. 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 loud it is.
(d) How high it is.

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

12. What does Valencia see in Virgil's house in Chapter 29 that makes her realize she has met Virgil before?
(a) A photo of Virgil with his family.
(b) A newspaper clipping of Virgil.
(c) The dog Virgil is always with in the kitchen.
(d) The scarf Virgil always wears hanging in the hall.

13. What did Valencia once read squirrels often forget?
(a) Where they left their babies.
(b) Where they hid their nuts.
(c) Who their mothers are.
(d) Where they made their nests.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 20, what can Virgil never remember having done before in his life?

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

3. What language does Valencia want to learn?

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

5. Where did Kaori first get the crystals?

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