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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. How did Sara break her nose?
(a) She ran into a door.
(b) She fell off hte playground.
(c) She got hit with a baseball.
(d) She was punched by an angry girl.

2. What does Willie do after calling the police?
(a) Goes searching in the woods.
(b) Cries.
(c) Paces.
(d) Calls all the houses in the area.

3. Where does Sara go after her aunt calls her father?
(a) The school.
(b) Mary's house.
(c) The lake.
(d) The woods.

4. What does Sara give to Charlie when she finds him?
(a) His hat.
(b) His stuffed dog.
(c) His slipper.
(d) His sucker.

5. What does Sara know Charlie would be doing if he wasn't lost when Joe suggests a break?
(a) Reading a book.
(b) Drawing a picture.
(c) Watching TV.
(d) Working on the tent.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Joe want to climb a big strip mining hill?

2. Who hears Charlie screaming first?

3. What is in Mary's hair while she is looking for Charlie?

4. What does Sara eat for breakfast after her aunt calls her father?

5. Who is Willie talking to when Sara comes back from the lake?

Short Essay Questions

1. What causes Sara to doubt her initial idea of who took Charlie's watch?

2. What happened to Charlie when Sara broke her nose?

3. What does Sara do when Joe insists on helping to find Charlie?

4. How did Sara find out the truth about who took Charlie's watch?

5. What does Joe find in the woods, and why is this such good news to Sara?

6. What does Sam do when he comes to visit his children?

7. Why does Charlie's watch stop working, and what does he do about this?

8. What does Sara find ironic about her inability to cry about Charlie being gone?

9. What does Sara compare her search for Charlie to?

10. Why does Charlie start to scream when he wakes up in the woods?

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