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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. Why does Mae say they had to bring Winnie home with them?
(a) To help her hide from her parents.
(b) To help her achieve her dream of running away from home.
(c) To make her understand why she has to keep the secret.
(d) To hold her for ransom.

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

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

4. What does Mae use for a towel after she washes her face in the stream?
(a) Her shawl.
(b) The horse blanket.
(c) The bottom of her dress.
(d) A towel.

5. What is the sound that makes Winnie stop crying?
(a) The running water.
(b) Her mother calling her.
(c) The music box.
(d) Mae's quiet voice.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who sets Winnie down from the horse's back?

3. What is Mae leading when she comes into the thicket?

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

5. Tuck says that having Winnie visit is the best thing in how many years?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the significance of the dream Tuck is having when Mae wakes him up?

2. What does Tuck mean when he says that Winnie is a "real, honest-to-goodness, natural child?"

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

4. Describe the conversation between Jesse and Winnie when Winnie asks for a drink from the spring.

5. What does the stranger ask Winnie first and what does this seem to indicate?

6. What is the question posed about land ownership?

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

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

9. Why do the Fosters believe the spring words?

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

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