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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 the news that Tuck gets urging him to come back to the house?

2. To what ride does the author compare the first week of August?

3. Why does Mae say they had to bring Winnie home with them?

4. How old is Winnie?

5. What does Mae say the loft of their home is used for?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the music Winnie, her grandmother and the stranger hear? What do they believe it to be?

3. What are the changes that occur when the road to Treegap becomes the "property of people?"

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the scene in which Winnie encounters the mosquito and the importance of what Winnie realizes from that scene.

Essay Topic 2

Describe Winnie's life prior to her chance encounter with the Tuck family. How is her life different after that encounter?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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