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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 tilt-a-whirl.
(b) The merry-go-round.
(c) The Ferris wheel.
(d) The roller coaster.

2. What is Winnie doing when the stranger comes to the Foster's gate?
(a) Talking to a toad.
(b) Eating supper.
(c) Catching fireflies.
(d) Waiting for Mae Tuck to pass by.

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

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

5. Who owns the first cottage past the woods on the road to Treegap?
(a) No one.
(b) The Tucks.
(c) The Fosters.
(d) The Franklins.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tuck do when he's introduced to Winnie?

2. What do passersby want to do when they reach the woods?

3. What is the first thing Mae says to Tuck upon waking?

4. Who else besides Winnie heard the story about the spring told by Jesse, Mae and Miles?

5. Which of these words does the author use to describe the first week of August?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Mae's response when Tuck tells her that she shouldn't ride into town?

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

3. What is the analogy Tuck explains of the pond?

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

5. Give two examples of imagery in the prologue.

6. What is Winnie's reaction and explanation for the mess at the Tuck house?

7. Why do the Fosters believe the spring words?

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

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

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

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