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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 is Sara's father's name?

2. What does Sara try to get Charlie to notice when they get out of the woods?

3. Why does Sara know Charlie is not where Willie thinks he is?

4. Who winds Charlie's watch for him?

5. What does Sara think she can hear while she is on the top of the hill?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Sara do to a girl who called Charlie a retard in a mean way?

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

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

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

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

6. How does Sara feel when she sees the swans flying?

7. What did Sara do to the boy who she thought stole Charlie's watch?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

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

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?

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