Virgil
What does Virgil's family call him?
Turtle
What does Valencia have a hard time doing? What TWO things does she do/wear to compensate for this?
Valencia can not hear. She is deaf. She wears hearing aids and reads lips to compensate.
What is Kaori's symbol at the top of the chapters?
An astrology mat
How does Virgil behave in the grocery store when he sees Chet and Valencia?
He hids from them.
What type of figurative language compares two unlike things using the words like or as?
Similie
Who does Virgil have a crush on?
Valencia
What does Valenica really love?
Nature, animals
What is the name of Kaori's little sister? What is her favorite color right now?
Her sister's name is Gen and she loves pink
Why does Virgil contact Kaori?
He is asking her to help him make a plan so they can meet.
What type of figurative language is an exaggeration?
Hyperbole
What type of pet does Virgil have? What is his name?
He has a guinea pig named Guliver
How does Valencia feel about having friends? Why do you think she feels this way?
She doesn't need them, she had them before and they hurt her.
What does Kaori try to interpret for Valencia?
She interprets Valencia's scary dream/nightmare
How does Valenica get Kaori's information? Why does she seek her services?
Valencia sees Kaori's card advertised at the grocery store. She wants help to interupt her reaccuring nightmare.
When Virgil was trapped in the well, the author made the well seem like a threatening person. What type of figurative language did the author use to describe the well?
Personification
Who is Virgil's bully?
Chet
Who does Valencia feed in the woods? What is it?
Sacred is a dog that lives in the woods.
What do Kaori and Lola have in common?
They both think that they can predict the future
How are Virgil and Valencia's guinea pig's names connected?
"Lilliput is an island in Guillivers Travels"
What type?
"The pillowcase was crumpled in the leaves like a deflated balloon. "
Similie
Who is Virgil close to in his family?
His grandmother, Lola?
What was Valenica's pet guinea pig named?
Lilliput
What does Kaori say about coincidences?
There are no coincidences
What item helped Virgil get out of the well?
Gen's jump roap
What type of figurative language and what does it mean?
" I get a weird feeling in y belly, like a hundred butterflies have taken flight."
It is a simile because it uses like
It means that the person is nervous.