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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Valencia offer to do with Gen and Kaori in Chapter 26?

3. What does Kaori take from her house to assist with the ceremony she wants to perform in Chapter 31?

4. What does Valencia learn about her name that she did not know before from the person who answers the door at Virgil's house in Chapter 29?

5. What kind of ceremony does Kaori want to perform in Chapter 31 to help find Virgil?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. In Chapter 28, why does Ruby call Virgil "Bayani" and what does it mean?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Valencia believe her deafness affects her mother's attitudes and behaviors towards her? What does Valencia try to do to counteract what she sees as her mother's unfair treatment of her?

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay analyzing the different kinds of biases, bigotry and ill treatment Valencia has encountered in her young life so far due to her deafness, from both strangers and supposed friends.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay comparing and contrasting the different types of pressures and expectations Virgil, Kaori, Chet, and Valencia feel from their parents throughout the book. Whose relationship with his or her parents seem to evolve the most significantly from the beginning of the book to the end?

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