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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How many petticoats does Mae put on?
(a) None.
(b) Two.
(c) Three.
(d) One.

3. What does Winnie learn would be her fate if she drank from the spring?
(a) She'd grow until she was seventeen then stop aging.
(b) She'd die.
(c) She'd remain a little girl forever.
(d) She'd become an old woman.

4. Which of these words does the author use to describe the first week of August?
(a) Motionless and hot.
(b) Steamy and hot.
(c) Balmy and hot.
(d) Windy and hot.

5. How long has it been since any member of the Tuck family changed?
(a) 43 years.
(b) 147 years.
(c) 87 years.
(d) 110 years.

6. What surrounds the first house on the road to Treegap?
(a) Dense hedges.
(b) A picket fence.
(c) A four-foot moat.
(d) A four-foot iron fence.

7. How many nights does Winnie say she has spent away from home?
(a) One.
(b) Four.
(c) None.
(d) Two.

8. What does the man say he's looking for?
(a) A toad.
(b) A family.
(c) A woman.
(d) A place to spend the night.

9. Why does Mae say they had to bring Winnie home with them?
(a) To make her understand why she has to keep the secret.
(b) To help her achieve her dream of running away from home.
(c) To hold her for ransom.
(d) To help her hide from her parents.

10. How many brothers and sisters does Winnie Foster have?
(a) None.
(b) Two.
(c) Four.
(d) One.

11. What is the name of the village where Mae is going?
(a) Three Acre Wood.
(b) Toothgap.
(c) Treegap.
(d) Oakville.

12. What does Winnie learn about Augustus Tuck trying to kill himself to prove whether he was truly immortal?
(a) He refused to eat.
(b) He shot himself in the heart.
(c) He cut off his foot.
(d) He ate poisoned mushrooms.

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

14. What does the author say accompanies the frequent nighttime lightning?
(a) Neither thunder nor rain.
(b) Only thunder.
(c) Only rain.
(d) Both thunder and rain.

15. How old is Winnie?
(a) Sixteen, going on seventeen.
(b) Eleven, going on twelve.
(c) She doesn't say.
(d) Ten, going on eleven.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many pockets are there in Mae's skirt?

2. Why does Mae say Winnie has to go home with them?

3. To what ride does the author compare the first week of August?

4. When does Mae say they'll take Winnie home?

5. What does Mae use for a towel after she washes her face in the stream?

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