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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. What does Jesse ask Winnie to do?
(a) Drink from the spring when she's seventeen.
(b) Ask Tuck if she should drink from the spring.
(c) Never drink from the spring.
(d) Drink from the spring the following day.

2. Who does the stranger say should go with him to get Winnie?
(a) Mr. Foster.
(b) The local constable.
(c) The entire family.
(d) No one.

3. What does the person say who opens the door for the stranger?
(a) Come in.
(b) Nothing.
(c) What do you want?.
(d) Go away.

4. What does Winnie say to her family that makes them understand the reason she acted as she did?
(a) That she was bored.
(b) That she knew Mae was innocent.
(c) That the Tucks had a mysterious secret.
(d) That the Tucks were her friends.

5. Where does the constable say most criminals are sent to serve their jail time?
(a) He doesn't say.
(b) Clear Creek.
(c) Charleyville.
(d) Treegap.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Jesse say came up with a plan to get Mae out of jail?

2. Why does Winnie feel relief when it's time for supper?

3. Why does Miles use oil on the window?

4. What time is it when the stranger arrives at Winnie's house?

5. How does the man say he knew about the Tucks?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the plan Jesse tells Winnie and what does she add to the plan?

2. What is the last thing Jesse says to Winnie and what does he mean by it?

3. What does the stranger say is his plan for the stream and what role does he want the Tucks to play?

4. What is revealed about the constable during his conversations with the stranger?

5. What are the conditions of the trade the stranger proposes?

6. How is Winnie treated by her family the day after her return?

7. Why does Winnie say that Mae can never be taken to the gallows?

8. What is the advantage Winnie gains from the situation at the jail with regard to children her own age?

9. What is the likely significance of the fact that all the lights are on in the Foster house when the stranger arrives?

10. What is it that Jesse says makes him different from the rest of his family?

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