Reading Check and Short Answer Questions on key points are designed for guided reading assignments, in-class review, formative assessment, quizzes, and more.

CHAPTERS 1-8

Reading Check

1. What is Valencia’s recurring nightmare?

2. Who is Gulliver?

3. What business does Kaori run?

Short Answer

Answer each question in at least 1 complete sentence. Incorporate details from the text to support your response.

1. How does Virgil interact with Lola?

2. What does Kaori reveal to Virgil, and what does she ask him to do?

3. Whom does Virgil see at the supermarket, and what is his reaction?

CHAPTERS 9-16

Reading Check

1. What does Lola warn Virgil to beware of?

2. Who is Sacred?

Short Answer

Answer each question in at least 1 complete sentence. Incorporate details from the text to support your response.

1. Where does Valencia discover Kaori, and why does she decide to go see her?

2. How is Chet like his father?

3. What brings Valencia, Virgil, and Chet into the same place on Saturday?

Paired Resource

“The Choice Is Yours: The Fate Of Free Will”

• This NPR commentary examines the complexities of free will, including scientific and philosophic perspectives on the topic.
• This connects to the theme of Cosmic Intervention.
• What actions have the characters taken that exhibit free will? Does anything besides free will influence these actions?