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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 the man want in return for telling Winnie's whereabouts?
(a) Water from the spring.
(b) The Foster's House.
(c) Ownership of the woods.
(d) Money.

2. What is Mae's reaction when they hear a knock on the door?
(a) She asks Winnie who it could be.
(b) She screams.
(c) She yells, "come in".
(d) She drops her fork.

3. Who opens the door of Winnie's house?
(a) Winnie's mother.
(b) Winnie's grandmother.
(c) Winnie.
(d) Winnie's father.

4. What does Winnie do with the bottle Jesse gave her?
(a) Hides it in a drawer.
(b) Drinks it.
(c) Pours it out.
(d) Puts it in her grandmother's drink.

5. What does Mae answer when the constable asks why she hit the man?
(a) That he was trying to take the child away.
(b) That he had threatened to tell their secret.
(c) That he wanted Winnie to drink from the spring.
(d) That he had hit her first.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the person say who opens the door for the stranger?

2. How far does the stranger tell the constable they have to go to find Winnie?

3. What does the man say he plans to do with the water?

4. Who is waiting for Winnie at the gate?

5. What words does the stranger use to describe the people who took Winnie?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the weather like on the day before Winnie is to take Mae's place in jail?

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

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

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

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

6. What does the man say about the people who took Winnie and what does he insinuate about them?

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

8. What questions does the constable ask in an effort to get a conversation going during the trip to the Tucks' house?

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

10. Winnie wishes that the man would die, but then that he would live. Why is she torn on this point?

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