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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 say to Tuck as she's being taken away?

2. What does the person say who opens the door for the stranger?

3. Where does the stranger put his hat while he talks to the Fosters?

4. Where is the shotgun after Mae hits the stranger with it?

5. How does Winnie plan to provide water for the toad?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the man say about the people who took Winnie and what does he insinuate about them?

2. What is the plan Jesse tells Winnie and what does she add to the plan?

3. What are the conditions of the trade the stranger proposes?

4. What parts of the conversation with the stranger seem to anger Mae the most? Why?

5. What does Miles say he wants to do with his life and why is that different from the attitudes of Jesse and Tuck?

6. What does Winnie think about after she's poured the bottle of water on the toad?

7. How does the stranger act when he goes to the Foster house?

8. Why does Winnie feel guilt over her plan to take Mae's place in jail?

9. What is the attitude of the Tuck family toward Winnie as they have breakfast?

10. What is it about the mosquito that makes Winnie suddenly decide to keep the secret of the spring?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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

Essay Topic 3

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.

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