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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sara check on before she goes looking for Charlie?

2. What does Charlie hold on to in an effort to stay at the lake?

3. Who gave Charlie his watch?

4. What does Charlie do when people ask him the time?

5. What does Wanda hope to see with her boyfriend?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Wanda say Aunt Willie never lets her do?

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

3. What does Wanda do after her argument with Sara?

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

5. What does Charlie do after Sara talks with him about what he is anxious about at the beginning of the book?

6. What does Mary ask about Sara's new dress, and what is her response?

7. What does Charlie do when he is asked the time, and why?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

This book takes place in a few different settings. Describe some of these settings and how they affected the course of the plot. Why might Betsy Byars have chosen these particular places for this plot to take place?

Essay Topic 2

Which character did you relate with the most in this book? Why is this? How did this character change throughout the book?

Essay Topic 3

The characters in this novel all had their own goals and motivations. Select four characters and write their main motivation throughout the book and how this goal affected the characters around them.

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