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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 want to do after her trip to the lake?

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

3. What does Sara regret when she looks in the mirror in the morning?

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

5. Who turns Charlie around when he starts to walk away after getting upset on Mary's porch?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is Charlie so anxious about at the beginning of the book?

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

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

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

6. Why does Mary say she can't go to the lake with Sara and Charlie?

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

8. What does Wanda say to comfort Sara about her big feet?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Friendship is a strong theme throughout the book. Where are some places that this theme appears, and how do the characters touched by it react? How do certain friendships change over the course of the book, and what causes these changes?

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

The theme of special needs children was central to this plot. How did this theme affect the main characters, and why do you think this was such an important theme for the author to present with this book.

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