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

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 the horse has been stolen.
(c) That Jesse hurt himself.
(d) That supper is ready.

3. How long has it been since any member of the Tuck family changed?
(a) 87 years.
(b) 147 years.
(c) 43 years.
(d) 110 years.

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

5. What does Winnie's grandmother say is the source of the music they hear?
(a) A music box.
(b) A radio.
(c) A circus.
(d) Elves .

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the stranger at the Foster's gate say he is looking for?

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

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

4. How many petticoats does Mae put on?

5. Where is Mae's mirror?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Winnie decide not to run away?

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

3. What does Mae tell Tuck she plans to do while in Treegap?

4. How and why does Winnie's attitude about the Tucks suddenly change?

5. What could Mae mean when she says that she, her husband and her sons have looked the same for eighty-seven years?

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

7. What is the question posed about land ownership?

8. What is the foreshadowing related to the spring itself?

9. Why does Jesse say that it feels "fine" to tell somebody the story of the remarkable spring?

10. What does the author say would likely be found by a traveler who entered the woods near the Fosters' house?

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