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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 does Winnie learn would be her fate if she drank from the spring?

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

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

4. How does Mae fasten the shawl around her shoulders?

5. What does Mae do when they pass the strange man with Winnie astride the horse?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. The author compares the first week of August to a Ferris wheel. What does the author say is the similarity?

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

5. What is the significance of the dream Tuck is having when Mae wakes him up?

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

7. What is the question posed about land ownership?

8. What is Mae's response when Tuck tells her that she shouldn't ride into town?

9. What is Winnie's reaction and explanation for the mess at the Tuck house?

10. Give two examples of imagery in the prologue.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the significance of the toad? Describe three scenes in which Winnie sees a toad and the significance of each scene. What might the toad represent?

Essay Topic 2

Winnie faces a dilemma when the stranger has been injured regarding what she should wish for. What is this dilemma and what does Winnie come to realize about the situation?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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