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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who owns the first cottage past the woods on the road to Treegap?
(a) The Franklins.
(b) The Tucks.
(c) The Fosters.
(d) No one.

2. What is it that Winnie discovers lives in the table drawer at the Tuck home?
(a) An elf.
(b) A cricket.
(c) A kitten.
(d) A mouse.

3. What does Winnie discover is the only rule during the meal?
(a) No elbows on the table.
(b) No talking with your mouth full.
(c) No conversation while eating.
(d) No drinking from the milk jug.

4. What do Jesse, Mae, Miles and Winnie have to eat on the way back to the Tucks' house?
(a) Wild berries.
(b) Bread and cheese.
(c) Bologna sandwiches.
(d) Peanut butter.

5. Why does Mae say Winnie has to go home with them?
(a) To have dinner with the family.
(b) So that the stranger can't find her.
(c) So that she can say she's run away from home.
(d) To talk it out with Tuck.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color are Jesse's suspenders?

2. Who carries Winnie after she's tired?

3. What does Tuck say he's going to do while Mae goes to Treegap?

4. Where does Tuck say is the best place to talk?

5. Who is it that calls out to Tuck to come back to the house?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Mae and the boys do to Winnie after she was asking for a drink from the spring?

2. Why does Winnie decide not to run away?

3. What are the three things the author says happens that appear to be mere coincidence?

4. What could Mae mean when she says that she, her husband and her sons have looked the same for eighty-seven years?

5. Why does Winnie think the simple meal she shares with the Tuck family is "luxurious?"

6. What is Winnie's reaction to being kidnapped?

7. Describe the conversation between Jesse and Winnie when Winnie asks for a drink from the spring.

8. What does the author say would likely be found by a traveler who entered the woods near the Fosters' house?

9. What is the question posed about land ownership?

10. What does Tuck mean when he says that he would get "back on the wheel" if he could?

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