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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. Tuck says that having Winnie visit is the best thing in how many years?
(a) Forty.
(b) Eighty.
(c) One hundred and four.
(d) Eight.

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

3. What do passersby want to do when they reach the woods?
(a) Whisper.
(b) Look for a spring.
(c) Run.
(d) Make a lot of noise and throw a rock or two.

4. What does the author say about the sunsets of this first week of August?
(a) That the color is perfect.
(b) That there is too much color.
(c) That there is too little color.
(d) That the sun glares at sunset.

5. What do passersby want to do when they pass the house?
(a) Make a lot of noise and throw a rock or two.
(b) Whisper.
(c) Run.
(d) Ask for a drink.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first thing Miles and Jesse do when they arrive home?

2. To what ride does the author compare the first week of August?

3. The village doesn't matter except for what two things?

4. What is the smell that comes from the wardrobe in the Tucks' bedroom?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

4. List an instance of foreshadowing in the prologue of the book and tell what this foreshadowing seems to indicate.

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

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

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

8. Why does Winnie decide not to run away?

9. What is the question posed about land ownership?

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

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