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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 do Kaori and Gen hear at the end of Chapter 31 that startles them and shakes them?
(a) A low-flying plane.
(b) Their mother calling for them to come home.
(c) Screaming.
(d) Flames crackling.

2. What does Virgil become afraid of in Chapter 22 that comes from one of Lola's stories?
(a) A monstrous dragon named Kalvin.
(b) A huge alligator named Kalori.
(c) A huge bird named Pah.
(d) A monstrous serpent named Garth.

3. 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 mother is very sick.
(d) Because her previous client is very late.

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

5. 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) 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) He can climb out of the well right now if he believes he can.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Virgil tell the voice in the well he would like to travel to someday?

2. What is one question Valencia writes down in her diary about rodents in Chapter 21?

3. What is it about Virgil's house that makes Valencia a little nervous in Chapter 29?

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

5. What does Virgil ask the voice in the well to do for him in return for its request in Chapter 32?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. In Chapter 28, what is one of the things that Valencia does that caught Virgil's attention at first and made him like her?

4. Why is Chet Bullens alarmed to see Valencia in the woods in Chapter 18?

5. In Chapter 21, what does Valencia notice that is different about the old well in the woods?

6. How does Valencia react to Gen's questions about her hearing aids and deafness in Chapter 31?

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

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

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

10. In Chapter 27, what do Kaori, Gen and Valencia decide to do about Virgil's mysterious absence?

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