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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. How does Winnie plan to provide water for the toad?
2. What is Mae's reaction when they hear a knock on the door?
3. What does the man want in return for telling Winnie's whereabouts?
4. Where does the constable say most criminals are sent to serve their jail time?
5. What does Winnie sit in back in her room at home?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the plan Jesse tells Winnie and what does she add to the plan?
2. How is Winnie treated by her family the day after her return?
3. Why does Winnie say that Mae can never be taken to the gallows?
4. 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?
5. Why does Winnie feel guilt over her plan to take Mae's place in jail?
6. Why does it take a long time for Winnie to fall asleep?
7. What parts of the conversation with the stranger seem to anger Mae the most? Why?
8. What is the likely significance of the fact that all the lights are on in the Foster house when the stranger arrives?
9. What is the advantage Winnie gains from the situation at the jail with regard to children her own age?
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
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
Tuck looks at the stranger with great envy as the man seems about to die. Why does Tuck envy a man who is likely to die? Would Jesse and Miles have likely felt the same as their father?
Essay Topic 3
Who is Winnie trying to protect when she takes Mae's place in jail?
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