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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 sound does Winnie think she hears from inside the jail?

2. Who confronts Winnie the moment she gets out of bed?

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

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

5. What do Winnie's mother and grandmother do all day?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What does the stranger say is his plan for the stream and what role does he want the Tucks to play?

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

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

10. 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?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

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

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