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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) So he can tutor other kids who are struggling in chemistry.
(b) For extra help with reading.
(c) For extra help with math.
(d) For extra help with music.

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

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

4. What is one of the things Kaori appreciates most about Virgil?
(a) His intelligence.
(b) His punctuality.
(c) His kindness.
(d) His respect.

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

6. Why does Kaori tell Valencia she is distracted in Chapter 24?
(a) Because Gen can not find her jump rope.
(b) Because she could not find her spirit stones.
(c) Because her previous client is very late.
(d) Because her mother is very sick.

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

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

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

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

11. What was the name of Valencia's guinea pig?
(a) Lilliput.
(b) Harry.
(c) William.
(d) Ebenezer.

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

13. What does Valencia learn about her name that she did not know before from the person who answers the door at Virgil's house in Chapter 29?
(a) It is also the name of a famous French warrior.
(b) It is also the name of a famous Spanish cathedral.
(c) It is also the Greek's name for the sun.
(d) It is also an ancient Persian word for "peace."

14. What does the voice in the well tell Virgil in Chapter 25 when he says his situation is hopeless?
(a) He can climb out of the well right now if he believes he can.
(b) There is a dog at the opening of the well who is barking and raising the alarm for him.
(c) His grandmother is on her way to find him.
(d) Nothing is ever hopeless.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Virgil become afraid of in Chapter 22 that comes from one of Lola's stories?

2. Who is the only one besides Kaori who knows where the crystals are?

3. What kind of ceremony does Kaori want to perform in Chapter 31 to help find Virgil?

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

5. What does Chet think the person he sees in the woods is doing in Chapter 18?

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