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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 color are Jesse's suspenders?
(a) Green.
(b) Brown.
(c) Pink.
(d) Blue.

2. What does Winnie's grandmother say is the source of the music they hear?
(a) Elves .
(b) A radio.
(c) A music box.
(d) A circus.

3. What do passersby want to do when they reach the woods?
(a) Look for a spring.
(b) Run.
(c) Whisper.
(d) Make a lot of noise and throw a rock or two.

4. What does Tuck say he's going to do while Mae goes to Treegap?
(a) Sleep.
(b) Clean the house.
(c) Go with her.
(d) Work in the garden.

5. What is Mae leading when she comes into the thicket?
(a) A cow.
(b) A donkey.
(c) A horse.
(d) A dog.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long does Mae say she and her husband have lived in their current house?

2. What color is the straw hat Mae puts on?

3. What is it that conceals the spring that bubbles up in the middle of the woods?

4. How many rooms are there in the Tuck house?

5. Tuck says that his family is no longer part of life, but are like what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the analogy Tuck explains of the pond?

2. What does Mae say about the reason her family members were the ones who drank from the spring?

3. How and why does Winnie's attitude about the Tucks suddenly change?

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

5. List an instance of foreshadowing in the prologue of the book and tell what this foreshadowing seems to indicate.

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

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

8. Why does Winnie say she wishes she had brothers or sisters?

9. What do Mae and the boys do to Winnie after she was asking for a drink from the spring?

10. Give two examples of imagery in the prologue.

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