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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 did Sara once write to prove her feelings about the most important form of beauty?

2. What kind of car does Wanda's boyfriend drive?

3. What does Sara dislike most about her body?

4. Where does Charlie sit when he gets nervous?

5. How does Sara feel when she sees the swans?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are Sara's first thoughts when she wakes up on the day Charlie is missing?

2. What does Willie say to Sara after Wanda leaves on her date, and what is Sara's response to this?

3. What does Sara complain about as she walks to the lake with Charlie?

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

5. What does Charlie do when he gets nervous?

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

7. What does Willie ask Sara to do after Wanda leaves, and why is Sara so upset about this?

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

9. What does Sara say to Charlie when we first meet him in the book?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

Despair was a theme that was placed in a number of sensitive places in this plot. What are some of these places, and what role did despair play in this book?

Essay Topic 3

What role does symbolism play in the story and where does it appear? How is the plot altered by the presence of these symbols?

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