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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. How often does Winnie go into the woods?

3. The village doesn't matter except for what two things?

4. How many rooms are there in the Tuck house?

5. What color are Jesse's suspenders?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Winnie think the simple meal she shares with the Tuck family is "luxurious?"

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

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

4. What is the question posed about land ownership?

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

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

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

8. Why do the Fosters believe the spring words?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Describe the relationships between the members of the Tuck family. Compare those to the relationships between the members of the Foster family.

Essay Topic 3

How does the stranger know about the Tuck family? What would drive a person to spend his entire life in search of the Tucks and their secret?

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