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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 color is the stranger's suit?

2. Which of the following is NOT on the list of things a traveler would find in the woods?

3. What do passersby want to do when they reach the woods?

4. How many brothers and sisters does Winnie Foster have?

5. What is the first creature Winnie hears when she and Tuck get into the rowboat at the pond?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the question posed about land ownership?

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

3. How and why does Winnie's attitude about the Tucks suddenly change?

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

5. Describe the conversation between Jesse and Winnie when Winnie asks for a drink from the spring.

6. What is Winnie's reaction to being kidnapped?

7. How is it that the Tucks learned of their immortality?

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

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

10. List an instance of foreshadowing in the prologue of the book and tell what this foreshadowing seems to indicate.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why is Winnie's presence at the Tuck household so welcome? Would any child have been equally welcomed?

Essay Topic 2

Describe three scenes in which there are extensive details of people, places, weather or events. Are these details necessary? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Jesse and Miles are brothers but have very different attitudes about what they must do with their immortality. Discuss these differences in detail.

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