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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 does Valencia offer to do with Gen and Kaori in Chapter 26?
(a) Help them bake the best birthday cake ever.
(b) Help them look for Virgil.
(c) Help them look for Gulliver.
(d) Help them hunt for snakes.

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

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

4. Who was the king in Lola's story who was only one inch tall that Virgil tells the voice in the well about in Chapter 27?
(a) Paulito.
(b) Roberto.
(c) Joselito.
(d) Salvadoro.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What work of literature was the name of Valencia's guinea pig taken from?

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

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

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Valencia decide to give Kaori and Gen a fake name instead of her real one the first time she meets them?

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

3. In Chapter 22, what does Virgil think the distant sound he hears must be?

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

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

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

7. In Chapter 22, what does Virgil think when the cover is placed back over the well?

8. In Chapter 31, what objects does Kaori tell Gen and Valencia she thinks they need to conduct the ceremony she hopes will help them find Virgil?

9. What does Kaori decide to do in Chapter 23 when Virgil is quite late for his appointment with her?

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

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