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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is it that conceals the spring that bubbles up in the middle of the woods?

2. What time does Winnie Foster set out from her house?

3. What time does the stranger appear at the Foster's gate?

4. What does Winnie throw when she goes outside?

5. Who owns the first cottage past the woods on the road to Treegap?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the question posed about land ownership?

3. Why does Winnie say she wishes she had brothers or sisters?

4. What does Mae tell Tuck she plans to do while in Treegap?

5. What is the analogy Tuck explains of the pond?

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

7. Give two examples of imagery in the prologue.

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

9. Winnie indicates that she's going to do something the following day. What does she say she's going to do and why?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the constable's attitude toward Winnie after the kidnapping? After the escapade at the jail?

Essay Topic 2

List two instances of foreshadowing. What is the role of foreshadowing in literature? Is the author successful in the use of foreshadowing in this story?

Essay Topic 3

What is it that Tuck tries to explain to Winnie about life and death? How does Winnie come to realize the truth of Tuck's words?

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