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

2. Where does Sara plan to look for Charlie after her father is contacted?

3. What overwhelms Sara when she gets to the top of the hill?

4. What does Sara do when the person she thought stole Charlie's watch insists on helping her?

5. Who tells Sara the truth about who stole Charlie's watch?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What does Joe find in the woods, and why is this such good news to Sara?

10. How did Sara find out the truth about who took Charlie's watch?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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