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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. How often does Mae Tuck make this journey?
2. Why does Mae say Winnie has to go home with them?
3. How many petticoats does Mae put on?
4. What does Tuck say would happen if people found out about the spring?
5. What does Winnie learn would be her fate if she drank from the spring?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the significance of the dream Tuck is having when Mae wakes him up?
2. The author compares the first week of August to a Ferris wheel. What does the author say is the similarity?
3. What do Mae and the boys do to Winnie after she was asking for a drink from the spring?
4. What is the question posed about land ownership?
5. What is Winnie's reaction and explanation for the mess at the Tuck house?
6. What could Mae mean when she says that she, her husband and her sons have looked the same for eighty-seven years?
7. What does Mae say about the reason her family members were the ones who drank from the spring?
8. Why does Jesse say that it feels "fine" to tell somebody the story of the remarkable spring?
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. Why do the Fosters believe the spring words?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
The Tucks have never been able to settle down anywhere for long while the Fosters have always lived in the same house on the same land. Compare this aspect of the two families, including the impact of their different lives on others.
Essay Topic 3
Describe the scene in which Winnie encounters the mosquito and the importance of what Winnie realizes from that scene.
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