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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. What color is the Tuck house?
(a) Blue.
(b) Brown.
(c) Yellow.
(d) Red.

3. Why does Winnie leave her house?
(a) She is on her way to meet Jesse and Miles.
(b) She is running away.
(c) She is looking for Mae Tuck.
(d) She wants to explore the woods.

4. What had been the Tucks' plan?
(a) To fish.
(b) To open a store.
(c) To farm.
(d) To raise cattle.

5. What does Mae do when they pass the strange man with Winnie astride the horse?
(a) Says they're teaching her to ride.
(b) Screams for help.
(c) Waves.
(d) Nothing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the village where Mae is going?

2. How many years ago did the Tucks come to the area?

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

4. Why do people usually go around the woods?

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. What do Mae and the boys do to Winnie after she was asking for a drink from the spring?

2. Why does Winnie think the simple meal she shares with the Tuck family is "luxurious?"

3. The author compares the first week of August to a Ferris wheel. What does the author say is the similarity?

4. Why does Winnie say she will go with the Fosters willingly?

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

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

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

8. Give two examples of imagery in the prologue.

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

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

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