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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 think looks more like Charlie than a picture?

2. Where has Charlie been lost before this?

3. How does Sara reply to the suggestion that they take a break?

4. Where does Willie think Charlie is?

5. How does Sara feel when she gets out of the woods?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why did some boys take Charlie's watch?

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

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

5. What does Charlie do when Sara tries to show him the flying swans?

6. Why does Charlie not feel upset when he realizes he is lost?

7. What does Charlie want before he will follow Sara out of the ravine, and how is this need fulfilled?

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

9. What does Sara think when she first sees Charlie in the ravine?

10. How does Sara feel when she gets to the top of the hill?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Mary and Sara are two very similar people, and yet they have some very notable and important differences. Using the text to cite some support, write a compare/contrast essay about these two characters.

Essay Topic 3

Fear is a common theme in this book that is presented a number of times by a number of characters. What are some of these instances, and how does fear affect the characters in the book?

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