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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why is Virgil's time in the resource room his favorite time in school?
(a) Because that is where he can finally relax and not be bullied.
(b) Because that is where he studies his favorite subject.
(c) Because that is where he sees Valencia.
(d) Because that is where his favorite snacks are.

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

4. Which of the following did Valencia learn never to do to a snake?
(a) Feed it an insect.
(b) Give it water.
(c) Pick it up by its tail.
(d) Feed it a mouse.

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

6. In Chapter 23, what was Kaori's first word?
(a) Stone.
(b) Future.
(c) Spirit.
(d) Nomad.

7. Who is the only one besides Kaori who knows where the crystals are?
(a) Gen.
(b) Kaori's mother.
(c) Virgil.
(d) Lola.

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

9. 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?
(a) Drink some water.
(b) Scream for help.
(c) Feed Gulliver.
(d) Tie a ribbon around his wrist.

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

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

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

13. What does Chet use to help him find a snake?
(a) Live rodents.
(b) A stick.
(c) Snakeskin.
(d) A compass.

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

15. Where did Kaori first get the crystals?
(a) From a museum gift shop.
(b) From a website online.
(c) From her own grandmother.
(d) From a woman at a garage sale.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Kaori believe she was in her second life, as described in Chapter 31?

2. What does Chet wrap around his arm after the snake bites him?

3. Why does Valencia think she could never be a dog?

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

5. Why does Roberta tell Valencia they can not be friends any longer?

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