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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. What does Chet think the person he sees in the woods is doing in Chapter 18?
2. When Chet finally finds a snake in Chapter 29, how does he grab it?
3. What does Chet suspect about Valencia's deafness?
4. What does the voice in the well call Virgil in Chapter 25?
5. What does the voice in the well tell Virgil in Chapter 25 when he says his situation is hopeless?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Chapter 27, what do Kaori, Gen and Valencia decide to do about Virgil's mysterious absence?
2. In Chapter 30, what does Chet think about the task of convincing his parents to let him keep a snake if he catches one?
3. In Chapter 19, why does Roberta tell Valencia they cannot be friends any longer?
4. In Chapter 32, what does Ruby urge Virgil to do one last time before he can sleep for a while in the well?
5. What does Kaori decide to do in Chapter 23 when Virgil is quite late for his appointment with her?
6. 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?
7. In Chapter 19, what do Valencia's parents misunderstand about her feelings about being abandoned by her friends?
8. Why does Valencia decide to give Kaori and Gen a fake name instead of her real one the first time she meets them?
9. In Chapter 22, what does Virgil think the distant sound he hears must be?
10. What is one thing Lola says to Valencia when Valencia knocks on her door that endears her to Valencia?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How does Kelly treat the role and idea of destiny in this book? Write an essay explaining your answer.
Essay Topic 2
Which characters in the book suffer most from the condition of experiencing isolation? Write an essay explaining your answer, citing specific references to the text to support your arguments.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay analyzing the symbolism of the snake, and the snake bite, that Chet encounters/receives in the woods.
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