Chapters 27 – 29

 Put the following events in the order in which they happened.

 _____ Susan wins the competition.

_____ At the school, three people are there to congratulate her.

_____ Susan asks Leo to hold her winning silver plate when the crowd rushes in.

_____ Susan becomes a finalist.

_____ Susan and Leo leave for the competition in Phoenix.

_____ Leo, Mr. McShane, and the Caraways eat a buffet lunch.

_____ Susan learns about the moa.

_____ Leo tells her not to “count her chickens before they hatch.”

_____ Susan finishes her speech with the words, “Can you hear it?”

_____ Dori Dilson turns down Susan’s invitation to go to Phoenix.

_____ Everyone at the hotel congratulates her.

_____ Susan can’t stop chattering to another contestant.

_____ Susan gets out of the car and runs through the desert.

_____ The audience applauds wildly.

  Ellen Gabor, 2005

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