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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What card does Valencia see at the Super Saver that prompts her to contact the person mentioned on it?
(a) An advertisement for someone who can get rid of nightmares.
(b) An advertisement for math tutoring Valencia thinks she needs.
(c) An advertisement for a lawn service Valencia needs.
(d) Kaori Tanaka's business card.

2. What happened to Frederico the Sorrowful in Virgil's grandmother's story?
(a) He was exiled by the people in his village because he was too sad.
(b) Pah ate him.
(c) He became a priest.
(d) His tears flooded his village and an alligator ate him.

3. What fruit does Virgil's grandmother slice for him and feed him in Chapter 1?
(a) Bananas.
(b) Apples.
(c) Mangoes.
(d) Kiwi.

4. What kind of creature are replicated in Valencia's Crystal Caverns globe?
(a) Rats.
(b) Elephants.
(c) Bats.
(d) Cats.

5. How does Valencia think her mother will figure out she is bringing food into the woods?
(a) She will see the bowls in the woods herself while walking there eventually.
(b) She will see Valencia's guilty expression.
(c) She will notice the food is gone.
(d) She is missing too many bowls, which Valencia has brought into the woods.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Virgil see in the Super Saver in Chapter 8 that makes him nervous and excited?

2. What does Chet do to Valencia in the Super Saver in Chapter 9?

3. What is one of Valencia's favorite animals?

4. In Chapter 9, what does Valencia think about her own name?

5. What kind of creature does Valencia bring food to in the woods?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mr. Bullens, Chet's father, say when Chet asks him what makes people deaf in Chapter 10?

2. How does Valencia feel about her own name?

3. In Chapter 5, what does Virgil suspect is wrong with Gulliver, and why does he think this?

4. Why does Valencia think of Chet Bullens as "Scrunch"?

5. In Chapter 16, why is Virgil even more scared of encountering Chet Bullens than usual?

6. In Chapter 1, what is one reason Virgil considers himself a failure?

7. What does Kaori text to Valencia in Chapter 9 to try to convince Valencia of the reason she sounds older than 12 years old?

8. In Chapter 11, what does Lola warn Virgil about for the day ahead?

9. What happens in Valencia's nightmare in Chapter 2?

10. In Chapter 17, how and why does Virgil end up trapped in the old well in the woods?

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