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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 the voice in the well call Virgil in Chapter 25?

2. What does Chet use to help him find a snake?

3. What does the voice in the well tell Virgil to do one last time in Chapter 32 before he goes to sleep for a while?

4. What was Valenica's former friend Roberta so scared of?

5. Which of the following did Valencia learn never to do to a snake?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What happens to Chet in Chapter 30 when he actually does find a snake in the woods?

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

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

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

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

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

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?

Essay Topic 2

Chapters 8-10 take place in the Super Saver grocery store where Virgil, Chet, and Valencia are all present at the same time. Write an essay analyzing what the reader learns about each of these three characters, and their intersecting relationships, from these three chapters.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay analyzing the role of fear as a motivating factor for many of Chet Bullens' decisions in the book, from harassing Virgil and Valencia to going hunting for the snake.

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