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

2. Which of the following is NOT on the list of things a traveler would find in the woods?
(a) Spiders.
(b) Squirrels.
(c) Thorns.
(d) Blackberries.

3. What does Winnie say the music sounds like?
(a) Elves.
(b) A music box.
(c) A circus.
(d) A flute.

4. What member of the Tuck group did not drink from the spring?
(a) Jesse.
(b) The horse.
(c) The toad.
(d) The cat.

5. How many pockets are there in Mae's skirt?
(a) One.
(b) Three.
(c) Eight.
(d) Six.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Winnie discover she's supposed to get the maple syrup off her fingers while she eats?

3. What do passersby want to do when they pass the house?

4. When does Mae say she'll be return home?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Give two examples of imagery in the prologue.

4. Why do the Fosters believe the spring words?

5. What are the three things the author says happens that appear to be mere coincidence?

6. What is the question posed about land ownership?

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

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

9. What is the music Winnie, her grandmother and the stranger hear? What do they believe it to be?

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

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