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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 words does the stranger use to describe the people who took Winnie?

2. What does Jesse give Winne?

3. What is the flash of white Winnie sees from her bedroom window?

4. What does Winnie say the stranger looks like?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Winnie say that Mae can never be taken to the gallows?

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

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

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

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

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

7. Why does it take a long time for Winnie to fall asleep?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Jesse and Miles are brothers but have very different attitudes about what they must do with their immortality. Discuss these differences in detail.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

What is it that Tuck tries to explain to Winnie about life and death? How does Winnie come to realize the truth of Tuck's words?

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