#include<bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
typedef long long ll;
typedef long double ld;
#define REP(i, n) for (int i = 0; i < (n); ++i)
#define REPR(i, n) for (int i = n - 1; i >= 0; --i)
#define FOR(i, m, n) for (int i = m; i < n; ++i)
#define FORR(i, m, n) for (int i = m; i >= n; --i)
#define ALL(v) (v).begin(),(v).end()
template<class T>bool chmax(T &a, const T &b) { if (a<b) { a=b; return 1; } return 0; }
template<class T>bool chmin(T &a, const T &b) { if (b<a) { a=b; return 1; } return 0; }
const ll INF=1LL<<60;
const int inf=(1<<30)-1;
const int mod=1e9+7;
int dx[8]={1,0,-1,0,-1,-1,1,1};
int dy[8]={0,1,0,-1,-1,1,-1,1};
bool kad(vector<int> a){
    bool u=false;
    if(a[0]<a[1]&&a[1]>a[2]&&a[0]!=a[2]) u=true;
    if(a[0]>a[1]&&a[1]<a[2]&&a[0]!=a[2]) u=true;
    return u;
}
int main(){
    cin.tie(0);
    ios::sync_with_stdio(false);
    int T;cin >> T;
    while(T--){
        int n;cin >> n;
        vector<int> a(n+2);
        REP(i,n) cin >> a[i];
        a[n]=a[0],a[n+1]=a[1];
        vector<ll> dp(n+3);
        REP(i,n+2){
            chmax(dp[i+1],dp[i]);
            if(i+3<=n+2){
                vector<int> tmp(3);
                tmp[0]=a[i],tmp[1]=a[i+1],tmp[2]=a[i+2];
                if(kad(tmp)) chmax(dp[i+3],dp[i]+a[i]);
            }
        }
        cout << dp[n+2] << endl;
    }
}