Hello, Universe (38 - 42)

HELLO, UNIVERSE
(38 - 42)

Multiple Choice

When it comes to saving Virgil, which item is most important?

• Virgil's backpack

• Chet's pillow case

• The stones Virgil collected

• Gen's jump rope

Multiple Choice

How does Virgil feel when he sees that Valencia is climbing down the ladder to help him?

• excited

• relieved

• embarrased

• scared

Multiple Choice

What is the first thing Virgil does when he emerges from the well?

• He finally talks to Valencia and thanks her for saving him.

• He looks inside his backpack to check on Gulliver.

• He asks Kaori to borrow her phone and immediately calls Lola.

• He hugs Kaori and thanks her for rescuing him.

Anticlimactic means causing disappointment at the end of an exciting or impressive series of events.


In what way was the end of chapter 39 anticlimactic?

Valencia says: "Sometimes things don't end the way you expect them to."

What are some ways you expected this chapter to end?

Kaori seems frustrated that, after everything they've been through, Virgil still can't talk to Valencia.

Why dos this frustrate Kaori? Use evidence from the text to support your thoughts.

Do you agree with Kaori that there's no hope for Virgil? Why? Use evidence from the text to support your thinking.

Multiple Choice

As he walks home, Virgil thinks about-

• how silly he feels for not being able to say thank you to Valencia

• how hungry he is

• how tired he his

• how relieved he feels to be out of the well

Multiple Choice

What does Virgil do when he sees Chet?

• He gathers the strength to run away from him.

• He tells Sacred to attack Chet.

• He charges at Chet and throws him on the ground.

• He stands up for himself and tells Chet never to call him names again.

Multiple Choice

When Lola asks Virgil what happened to him, Virgil compares himself to-

• Malaya of the Crocodiles

• Frederico the Sorrowful

• Stone Boy

• Ruby San Salvador

Multiple Choice

What does Virgil say to his mother when he gets back home?

• Virgil asks his mother to let him keep Sacred.

• Virgil tells his mom to stop calling him Turtle.

• Virgil tells his mom what Chet did to him.

• Virgil tells his mom to leave him alone.

Why would it feel like "a hundred butterflies have taken flight" in Valencia's belly when she read's Virgil's text message?

If Kaori were to predict the future for her friends and Chet, what do you think she would see? Why?