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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. Who is Winnie allowed to leave the yard with after the incident at the jail?

2. How does the man say he knew about the Tucks?

3. What subject does the stranger not study in his effort to learn about the family who doesn't age?

4. What do they have for breakfast the morning after Winnie and Miles go fishing?

5. How long does the constable say he's been in charge?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the weather like on the day before Winnie is to take Mae's place in jail?

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

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

5. What is the last thing Jesse says to Winnie and what does he mean by it?

6. What is the advantage Winnie gains from the situation at the jail with regard to children her own age?

7. How is Winnie treated by her family the day after her return?

8. What is it that Jesse says makes him different from the rest of his family?

9. What is Tuck's reaction as he watches the stranger lying on the ground after Mae hits him? Explain the reaction.

10. Winnie wishes that the man would die, but then that he would live. Why is she torn on this point?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the constable's attitude toward Winnie after the kidnapping? After the escapade at the jail?

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

What part of the story does Winnie tell her family to explain her involvement with the Tuck family at the jail? Why doesn't she tell her parents the entire story?

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