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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 is one of Chet's father's favorite expressions that Chet remembers in Chapter 29?
2. What do Kaori and Gen hear at the end of Chapter 31 that startles them and shakes them?
3. What was Valenica's former friend Roberta so scared of?
4. What did Virgil's mother used to tell him when he had bad dreams as a younger child?
5. What kind of feeling does Valencia have as she leaves the woods in Chapter 21?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Chapter 19, why does Roberta tell Valencia they cannot be friends any longer?
2. Why is Chet Bullens alarmed to see Valencia in the woods in Chapter 18?
3. In Chapter 20, what does Virgil do in the well that surprises even himself?
4. In Chapter 22, what does Virgil think the distant sound he hears must be?
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 25, who begins speaking to Virgil in the well, and why?
7. What does Valencia do for Roberta in Chapter 19 when she learns Roberta is afraid of snakes?
8. What is one thing Lola says to Valencia when Valencia knocks on her door that endears her to Valencia?
9. In Chapter 28, why does Ruby call Virgil "Bayani" and what does it mean?
10. What happens to Chet in Chapter 30 when he actually does find a snake in the woods?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay analyzing how Kelly demonstrates that Virgil has emerged from his time trapped in the well as a braver and more confident person, citing specific examples from the text to support your arguments.
Essay Topic 2
How does Kelly use both pacing and plot points to build and sustain suspense throughout the novel?
Essay Topic 3
Why do you think Kelly chooses to write Valencia's chapters from the first-person point of view and Virgil's from the third-person point of view? What effect do you think her alternation between viewpoints from different characters has on the reader?
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