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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 Joe ask Sara to do with him the night after Charlie is found?

2. How long do Joe and Sara walk together until Joe suggests they take a break?

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

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

5. Why does Sara grab Joe's arm when they are on the hill?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Aunt Willie say to Sara about Sam, and what is Sara's response?

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

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

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

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

9. What does Joe say when Sara apologizes for being so mean when she thought he stole Charlie's watch?

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

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

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 3

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?

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