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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 the man say he's looking for?

2. Tuck says that having Winnie visit is the best thing in how many years?

3. Which of the following is true of Winnie's beliefs?

4. Why do people usually go around the woods?

5. Why does Mae say Winnie has to go home with them?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the analogy Tuck explains of the pond?

2. What is Winnie's reaction and explanation for the mess at the Tuck house?

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

4. Give two examples of imagery in the prologue.

5. What is Mae's response when Tuck tells her that she shouldn't ride into town?

6. The author compares the first week of August to a Ferris wheel. What does the author say is the similarity?

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

8. How is it that the Tucks learned of their immortality?

9. What does the stranger ask Winnie first and what does this seem to indicate?

10. What does Mae tell Tuck she plans to do while in Treegap?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Why is Winnie's presence at the Tuck household so welcome? Would any child have been equally welcomed?

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