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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Jesse's first answer when Winnie asks his age?
(a) Fourteen.
(b) One hundred and four.
(c) One hundred and forty-four.
(d) Forty-four.

2. What is the news that Tuck gets urging him to come back to the house?
(a) That Winnie's parents are looking for her.
(b) That Jesse hurt himself.
(c) That supper is ready.
(d) That the horse has been stolen.

3. To what ride does the author compare the first week of August?
(a) The roller coaster.
(b) The Ferris wheel.
(c) The tilt-a-whirl.
(d) The merry-go-round.

4. What color is the stranger's suit?
(a) Yellow.
(b) Black.
(c) Purple.
(d) Blue.

5. Who carries Winnie after she's tired?
(a) Mae.
(b) Jesse.
(c) Miles.
(d) Tuck.

6. How often does Winnie go into the woods?
(a) Once in a while.
(b) Every day.
(c) Never.
(d) Only once.

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

8. 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) Whisper.
(d) Look for a spring.

9. What kind of songs does Jesse sing?
(a) Rock and Roll.
(b) Country songs.
(c) Funny songs.
(d) Sad songs.

10. Who else besides Winnie heard the story about the spring told by Jesse, Mae and Miles?
(a) The sheriff.
(b) No one.
(c) The stranger.
(d) Winnie's grandmother.

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

12. How often does Mae Tuck make this journey?
(a) Every year.
(b) Every month.
(c) Every week.
(d) Every ten years.

13. Who is it that yells at Winnie that lunch is ready?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her father.
(c) Mae Tuck.
(d) Her grandmother.

14. What does Winnie discover that Jesse and Miles wore to go swimming?
(a) Their underwear.
(b) Their clothes.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Their swimsuits.

15. Where is Mae's mirror?
(a) On the dresser.
(b) She doesn't have one.
(c) On the wall.
(d) On the washstand.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Winnie doing when the stranger comes to the Foster's gate?

2. What does Tuck say he's going to do while Mae goes to Treegap?

3. How many rooms are there in the Tuck house?

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

5. What time does Mae Tuck set out for the village?

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