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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Kaori say they should start looking for Virgil in Chapter 27?
(a) Virgil's own house.
(b) The woods.
(c) Chet Bullens' house.
(d) The old theater.

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

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

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

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

7. 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) Everyone has dreams but not everyone lets the dreams scare them.
(c) It will all look better in the daytime.
(d) Go back to sleep.

8. 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 a thousand lights.
(c) The ceremony of lost things.
(d) The ceremony of the setting sun.

9. What does Gen insist on taking with her from their house as they head to the woods to do the ceremony in Chapter 31?
(a) Her tablet.
(b) Her phone.
(c) Her socks.
(d) Her jump rope.

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

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

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

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

14. What does Virgil ask the voice in the well to do for him in return for its request in Chapter 32?
(a) Go and get help from Lola.
(b) Watch over him as he rests and protect him and Gulliver from Pah.
(c) Find him a paper and pen to write a good-bye letter to his family.
(d) Bring him some food.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Valencia see in Virgil's house in Chapter 29 that makes her realize she has met Virgil before?

2. What does Chet think he would name a snake if he catches one in Chapter 30?

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

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

5. What question does Kaori ask Valencia in the end of Chapter 26 that Valencia does not hear?

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