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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Mae fasten the shawl around her shoulders?
(a) With a string.
(b) With a tarnished metal brooch.
(c) With a safety pin.
(d) With a button.

2. What is Jesse doing when Winnie first sees him?
(a) Drinking from the spring.
(b) Drinking from a thermos.
(c) Eating a sandwich.
(d) Reading.

3. What is the first thing Mae says to Tuck upon waking?
(a) We need to clean the cobwebs.
(b) We're all going to the river.
(c) The boys will be home tomorrow.
(d) Jesse and Miles are planning a picnic.

4. What kind of tree is at the center of the woods?
(a) A giant oak.
(b) A giant ash.
(c) A giant sycamore.
(d) A giant apple tree.

5. What color is the straw hat Mae puts on?
(a) Green.
(b) Pink.
(c) Blue.
(d) Grey.

6. What does Tuck do when he's introduced to Winnie?
(a) Walks away without speaking.
(b) Starts to cry.
(c) Shakes her hand.
(d) Hugs her.

7. When does Mae say she'll be return home?
(a) By lunchtime.
(b) Late the following day.
(c) In about a week.
(d) She doesn's say.

8. What kind of pet does Winnie say she might like to have?
(a) A toad.
(b) A dog.
(c) A kitten.
(d) A pony.

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

10. What is the first creature Winnie hears when she and Tuck get into the rowboat at the pond?
(a) Jesse yelling.
(b) A frog.
(c) A mocking bird.
(d) A dog barking.

11. The village doesn't matter except for what two things?
(a) The preacher's house and the train station.
(b) The school and the church.
(c) The saloon and the general store.
(d) The jailhouse and the gallows.

12. What do passersby want to do when they pass the house?
(a) Ask for a drink.
(b) Whisper.
(c) Run.
(d) Make a lot of noise and throw a rock or two.

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

14. How many years ago did the Tucks come to the area?
(a) 18.
(b) 87.
(c) 43.
(d) 104.

15. How does Mae plan to travel to Treegap?
(a) On a sleigh.
(b) On a horse.
(c) In a car.
(d) She's going to walk.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tuck say would happen if people found out about the spring?

2. What does Mae do when they pass the strange man with Winnie astride the horse?

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

4. Who is it that calls out to Tuck to come back to the house?

5. What is it that Mae is looking at when she first wakes on the day before Jesse and Miles are to come home?

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