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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 is the first thing Mae says to Tuck upon waking?

2. What do passersby want to do when they reach the woods?

3. What do Jesse, Mae, Miles and Winnie have to eat on the way back to the Tucks' house?

4. What kind of tree is at the center of the woods?

5. What member of the Tuck group did not drink from the spring?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the question posed about land ownership?

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

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

4. How and why does Winnie's attitude about the Tucks suddenly change?

5. Why does Jesse say that it feels "fine" to tell somebody the story of the remarkable spring?

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

7. Why does Winnie say she wishes she had brothers or sisters?

8. What are the changes that occur when the road to Treegap becomes the "property of people?"

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The Tucks have never been able to settle down anywhere for long while the Fosters have always lived in the same house on the same land. Compare this aspect of the two families, including the impact of their different lives on others.

Essay Topic 2

What is the role of the constable in this story?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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