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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 time is it when the stranger arrives at Winnie's house?
(a) Almost midnight.
(b) Almost noon.
(c) Just after ten o'clock.
(d) There's no indication of the time.

2. How long does the constable say he's been in charge?
(a) Fifteen years.
(b) Twenty years.
(c) Five years.
(d) He doesn't say.

3. What does the constable say about the kidnapping charges against the Tucks?
(a) That they won't be charged because the murder charge is more important.
(b) That they will all be charged except the youngest, Jesse.
(c) That they will all be charged and hanged.
(d) That they wont' be charged because Winnie says she went willingly.

4. What subject does the stranger not study in his effort to learn about the family who doesn't age?
(a) Medicine.
(b) Metaphysics.
(c) Sociology.
(d) Philosophy.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What sound does Winnie think she hears from inside the jail?

2. What does Mae answer when the constable asks why she hit the man?

3. Where does the constable say most criminals are sent to serve their jail time?

4. Who confronts Winnie the moment she gets out of bed?

5. What does the constable say about the man in the yellow suit?

Short Essay Questions

1. How has Winnie's attitude about the Tucks changed as she eats breakfast with them?

2. What's the reaction of Winnie's family when the constable tells them that Winnie had apparently gone with the Tucks of her own free will?

3. How does the stranger act when he goes to the Foster house?

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

5. What is it about the mosquito that makes Winnie suddenly decide to keep the secret of the spring?

6. Why does Winnie feel guilt over her plan to take Mae's place in jail?

7. What parts of the conversation with the stranger seem to anger Mae the most? Why?

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

9. Why does it take a long time for Winnie to fall asleep?

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

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