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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 does Miles pull from his back pocket?

2. How does Mae plan to travel to Treegap?

3. What is the "one pretty thing" Mae never leaves home without?

4. Who does the stranger at the Foster's gate say he is looking for?

5. Why does Jesse tell Winnie that she cannot have a drink of the water?

Short Essay Questions

1. Give two examples of imagery in the prologue.

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

3. Why does Winnie think the simple meal she shares with the Tuck family is "luxurious?"

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

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

6. Describe the conversation between Jesse and Winnie when Winnie asks for a drink from the spring.

7. What does the author say would likely be found by a traveler who entered the woods near the Fosters' house?

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

9. What is the question posed about land ownership?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the constable's attitude toward Winnie after the kidnapping? After the escapade at the jail?

Essay Topic 2

Jesse and Miles are brothers but have very different attitudes about what they must do with their immortality. Discuss these differences in detail.

Essay Topic 3

Describe Winnie's emotions during her time at the Tuck home. Are these reasonable for a young girl in Winnie's position? Why or why not?

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