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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 plans to do with the water?

2. How far does the stranger tell the constable they have to go to find Winnie?

3. What does Winnie do with the bottle Jesse gave her?

4. How does Winnie overhear the constable's news?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What is the advantage Winnie gains from the situation at the jail with regard to children her own age?

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

6. What does the man say about the people who took Winnie and what does he insinuate about them?

7. How is Winnie treated by her family the day after her return?

8. 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?

9. What questions does the constable ask in an effort to get a conversation going during the trip to the Tucks' house?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does the stranger know about the Tuck family? What would drive a person to spend his entire life in search of the Tucks and their secret?

Essay Topic 2

What is the role of the constable in this story?

Essay Topic 3

What does the man say he plans to do with the spring? If this is a potential for making money, why haven' the Tucks done it?

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