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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Charlie's most prized possession?
(a) His shoes.
(b) His glasses.
(c) His watch.
(d) His ring.

2. Why do the swans come closer to Charlie?
(a) They see his watch.
(b) He is so quiet.
(c) He has bread crumbs.
(d) Wanda's voice startles them.

3. Why will the swans not eat the pieces Charlie throws?
(a) Charlie will not throw them.
(b) They are thrown too far.
(c) They are not the right size.
(d) They get too soggy.

4. Where is Charlie sitting at the beginning of the book?
(a) At the kitchen table.
(b) On the couch.
(c) On the porch steps.
(d) On Sara's bed.

5. Where are Wanda and Aunt Willie arguing in Chapter 3?
(a) On the front porch.
(b) On the back porch.
(c) Wanda's room.
(d) The kitchen.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sara want to do after her trip to the lake?

2. Who helped Charlie make the place he goes when his sucker is fixed?

3. Why does Sara go through an empty field after leaving Mary's house?

4. Who gave Charlie his watch?

5. Why does Wanda stop teasing Sara at the beginning of the book?

Short Essay Questions

1. What information about Charlie do we get from Mary's mother?

2. What happens when Charlie asks for help with his missing button?

3. What kind of beauty does Sara say is the most important, and how did she try to express this once?

4. What happened at school to make Sara hate her feet?

5. What does Charlie do when Sara says it is time to go home after their first trip to see the swans?

6. What does Mary say to Sara when Sara is searching for Charlie at the lake?

7. What keeps Sara awake at night, and why is this so strange?

8. What does Sara do and say when she sees what is making Charlie so anxious at the beginning of the book?

9. How do Sara and Charlie feel about the swans?

10. What happened when Sara tried to dye her shoes?

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