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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. Who sets Winnie down from the horse's back?

2. Who is it that yells from the front door of the cottage that Winnie is going to get her stockings dirty?

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

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

5. Which of the following was not part of the supper Winnie shares with the Tuck family her first night with them?

Short Essay Questions

1. Winnie indicates that she's going to do something the following day. What does she say she's going to do and why?

2. Why do the Fosters believe the spring words?

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

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

5. What are the changes that occur when the road to Treegap becomes the "property of people?"

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

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

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

9. What is the foreshadowing related to the spring itself?

10. What is Mae's response when Tuck tells her that she shouldn't ride into town?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the role of the man in the yellow suit to this story? Why is the man never named?

Essay Topic 2

Who is Winnie trying to protect when she takes Mae's place in jail?

Essay Topic 3

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

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