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

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

3. What do Kaori, Gen and Valencia eat for lunch in Chapter 27?
(a) Pasta.
(b) Sandwiches.
(c) Candy.
(d) Pickles.

4. What does Kaori tell Valencia about Virgil's Lola?
(a) She is very perceptive, and Kaori thinks she may also be a psychic.
(b) She always wants to feed people so she will probably offer Valencia a meal.
(c) She is very mean and will probably yell at Valencia.
(d) She is very old and can not hear well.

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

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

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

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

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

10. When Chet finally finds a snake in Chapter 29, how does he grab it?
(a) He uses a stick with a loop at the end to pick up the snake.
(b) By its fangs.
(c) By its head.
(d) By its tail.

11. What kind of ceremony does Kaori want to perform in Chapter 31 to help find Virgil?
(a) The ceremony of the crystal magic.
(b) The ceremony of lost things.
(c) The ceremony of a thousand lights.
(d) The ceremony of the setting sun.

12. Why does Valencia think she could never be a dog?
(a) She would not like having a tail.
(b) She hates fur.
(c) She is too picky an eater.
(d) She would not like barking.

13. What does Kaori believe she was in her second life, as described in Chapter 31?
(a) A freedom fighter from Bangladesh.
(b) The president of the United States.
(c) A soldier in WWII.
(d) A dancer from Japan.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Virgil's mother used to tell him when he had bad dreams as a younger child?

2. Who does Chet see in the woods in Chapter 18?

3. What does the voice in the well tell Virgil in Chapter 25 when he says his situation is hopeless?

4. What does Virgil ask the voice in the well to do for him in return for its request in Chapter 32?

5. What was Valenica's former friend Roberta so scared of?

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