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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What time does Mae Tuck set out for the village?
(a) At ten in the morning.
(b) At noon.
(c) At dawn.
(d) At midnight.

2. Where is Mae's mirror?
(a) On the washstand.
(b) On the wall.
(c) She doesn't have one.
(d) On the dresser.

3. What is it that conceals the spring that bubbles up in the middle of the woods?
(a) Tree roots.
(b) Weeds.
(c) Pebbles.
(d) Nothing.

4. What is it that Winnie discovers lives in the table drawer at the Tuck home?
(a) An elf.
(b) A mouse.
(c) A kitten.
(d) A cricket.

5. What member of the Tuck group did not drink from the spring?
(a) The cat.
(b) The horse.
(c) The toad.
(d) Jesse.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the smell that comes from the wardrobe in the Tucks' bedroom?

2. How many petticoats does Mae put on?

3. What is Winnie doing on that particular morning in the first week of August?

4. How long has it been since any member of the Tuck family changed?

5. What does Tuck say would happen if people found out about the spring?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is it that the Tucks learned of their immortality?

2. What are the three things the author says happens that appear to be mere coincidence?

3. What is Winnie's reaction to being kidnapped?

4. What is the music Winnie, her grandmother and the stranger hear? What do they believe it to be?

5. What does Mae tell Tuck she plans to do while in Treegap?

6. Give two examples of imagery in the prologue.

7. Why does Winnie decide not to run away?

8. What does Tuck mean when he says that he would get "back on the wheel" if he could?

9. What is the significance of the dream Tuck is having when Mae wakes him up?

10. The author compares the first week of August to a Ferris wheel. What does the author say is the similarity?

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