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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 are the only two living things Winnie has found on that particular morning?

2. Who else besides Winnie heard the story about the spring told by Jesse, Mae and Miles?

3. How does Winnie discover she's supposed to get the maple syrup off her fingers while she eats?

4. What do Jesse, Mae, Miles and Winnie have to eat on the way back to the Tucks' house?

5. What is the news that Tuck gets urging him to come back to the house?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Tuck mean when he says that Winnie is a "real, honest-to-goodness, natural child?"

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

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

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

6. What could Mae mean when she says that she, her husband and her sons have looked the same for eighty-seven years?

7. What is the question posed about land ownership?

8. Give two examples of imagery in the prologue.

9. What is Winnie's reaction and explanation for the mess at the Tuck house?

10. What is Tuck's reaction when Winnie arrives with Mae and the boys?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe Winnie's life prior to her chance encounter with the Tuck family. How is her life different after that encounter?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the relationships between the members of the Tuck family. Compare those to the relationships between the members of the Foster family.

Essay Topic 3

What is the significance of the toad? Describe three scenes in which Winnie sees a toad and the significance of each scene. What might the toad represent?

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