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

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

3. 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) Bring him some food.
(c) Watch over him as he rests and protect him and Gulliver from Pah.
(d) Find him a paper and pen to write a good-bye letter to his family.

4. 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 phone.
(b) Her tablet.
(c) Her jump rope.
(d) Her socks.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What surprises Virgil about his own voice when he finally yells for help from the well in Chapter 20?

2. What does Chet use to help him find a snake?

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

4. What do Kaori, Gen and Valencia eat for lunch in Chapter 27?

5. In Chapter 20, what can Virgil never remember having done before in his life?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 25, who begins speaking to Virgil in the well, and why?

2. In Chapter 20, what does Virgil do in the well that surprises even himself?

3. In Chapter 19, what do Valencia's parents misunderstand about her feelings about being abandoned by her friends?

4. In Chapter 29, why is Valencia nervous about knocking on Virgil's door for the first time?

5. What is one thing Lola says to Valencia when Valencia knocks on her door that endears her to Valencia?

6. In Chapter 19, why do Valencia's parents think she does not need to learn sign language?

7. In Chapter 30, what does Chet think about the task of convincing his parents to let him keep a snake if he catches one?

8. What does Virgil tell Ruby in Chapter 28 about his own inability to fight back when Chet bullies him?

9. What does Valencia do for Roberta in Chapter 19 when she learns Roberta is afraid of snakes?

10. In Chapter 32, what does Ruby urge Virgil to do one last time before he can sleep for a while in the well?

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