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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 her family that makes them understand the reason she acted as she did?

2. Where does the stranger put his hat?

3. Where does the stranger tie the Tucks' horse?

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

5. Who opens the door of Winnie's house?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is revealed about the constable during his conversations with the stranger?

2. What is the likely significance of the fact that all the lights are on in the Foster house when the stranger arrives?

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

4. What questions does the constable ask in an effort to get a conversation going during the trip to the Tucks' house?

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

6. What does Winnie realize about sneaking out of the house?

7. How has Winnie's attitude about the Tucks changed as she eats breakfast with them?

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

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

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

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

List two instances of foreshadowing. What is the role of foreshadowing in literature? Is the author successful in the use of foreshadowing in this story?

Essay Topic 3

Tuck looks at the stranger with great envy as the man seems about to die. Why does Tuck envy a man who is likely to die? Would Jesse and Miles have likely felt the same as their father?

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