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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. Why does Roberta tell Valencia they can not be friends any longer?
(a) Roberta's mother will not let her spend time with Valencia anymore.
(b) Roberta is moving away.
(c) The how-tos are too hard.
(d) Valencia does not wear the right clothes.

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

3. 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) Joselito.
(b) Salvadoro.
(c) Paulito.
(d) Roberto.

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

5. What does Kaori tell Valencia about Virgil's Lola?
(a) She is very mean and will probably yell at Valencia.
(b) She always wants to feed people so she will probably offer Valencia a meal.
(c) She is very old and can not hear well.
(d) She is very perceptive, and Kaori thinks she may also be a psychic.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Valencia once read squirrels often forget?

2. Who is the only one besides Kaori who knows where the crystals are?

3. What kind of feeling does Valencia have as she leaves the woods in Chapter 21?

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

5. What does Gen insist on taking with her from their house as they head to the woods to do the ceremony in Chapter 31?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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