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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 do Winnie's mother and grandmother do all day?

2. What does the constable say they must do with the stranger?

3. What does the stranger insist must be done to make the trade legal?

4. What does the man say he plans to do with the water?

5. What does Winnie say to her family that makes them understand the reason she acted as she did?

Short Essay Questions

1. What's the reaction of Winnie's family when the constable tells them that Winnie had apparently gone with the Tucks of her own free will?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

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

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

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