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How long has it been since the Tucks first drank from the spring?
10 years
17 years
78 years
87 years
Match the following vocabulary words with the correct terms.
Messy, out of order | Melancholy | ||
One who helps commit a crime | Gait | ||
The way one walks | Accomplice | ||
Ugly, twisted expression | Disarray | ||
Sad and depressed | Grimace |
Who made the road to the village of Treegap?
Bears trod a path that people later followed.
Cattle trod the path that people later followed, and the cowpath became the road.
The Fosters built the road so it would go directly to their house.
The Tucks built the road to be sure it went around the wood and not through it.
Why did Winnie want to run away?
She was tired of her family telling her what to do.
She hated the toad.
She wanted to be with the Tucks.
Her family was trying to harm her.
Choose the analogy that best matches the examples provided.
Perilous: secure
parched: dehydrated
melancholy: sad
grimace: smile
scornful: contempt
The author describes Winnie as thinking of multiple things while being tusked away on a horse and being kidnapped. Thinking of things like: the toad, the low tree branch, riding a horse, Jesse and Miles height.
Why did the author do this?
To show the reader a quick glimpse of Winnie's life because it could be ending soon.
To show the reader how afraid she was. She couldn't even think straight.
To show the reader that she is brave and can overcome anything.
To show the reader that Winnie wasn't afraid and wasn't thinking about bad things that could happen to her next.
People did not go to the wood. Which of the following are reasons why people didn't go into the wood? Choose the best answer.
The road went around the wood.
The Foster's owned the wood.
The wood was private property
All of these
The author, Natalie Babbitt, tells her readers in the beginning that only three things are important. Which of the following is NOT one of those things?
The village
The Foster house, the one with the touch-me-not appearance
The wood and the road around it
The jailhouse and the gallows
Why didn't Myles take his wife and family to drink from the spring?
He could not find them anywhere.
The farm was his home and he didn't want to leave it.
They didn't know if the spring was still around.
Too much time had passed before they knew what had made them immortal.
What made Winnie certain she needed to keep the secret about the spring?
Seeing the frogs and knowing they could get eaten by snapping turtles.
Watching the fish flail about when he was outside the water.
Knowing the mosquitos would never die, but continue to multiply.
She knew it would make the Tucks happy.
Choose the analogy that best matches the example provided.
Melancholy: happy
burly: strong
silhouette: landscape
accomplice: enemy
parched: dehydrated
What does the fact that the Tucks check in on Winnie during the night tell you about the them?
They want to make sure she sleeps.
They aren't very good sleepers themselves.
They want to leave in the morning so they're making sure she gets a good nights sleep.
They genuinely care about her and her well being. They want to make sure she is comfortable.
Which of the following did NOT drink from the spring?
Pa Tuck
Jesse Tuck
The horse
The cat
Why did Miles' wife and children leave him?
She met another man.
She thought Miles had sold his soul to the devil.
She felt old and ugly compared to him.
Miles is too attached to his family.
Which is true?
The road to Treegap made by a herd of COWS goes THROUGH the forest.
The road to Treegap made by the TUCKS goes THROUGH the forest.
The road to Treegap made by the TOWNSPEOPLE goes AROUND the forest.
The road to Treegap made by a herd of COWS goes AROUND the forest.
How does the Man in the Yellow Suit villainously describe the Tuck family?
intelligent, reasonable people
illiterate, rough country people
good friends of his
dumb, wanted criminals
Choose the analogy that best matches the examples provided.
Tranquil: soothing
staunch: loyal
peculiar: normal
elation: depressed
melancholy: angry
We can infer that Mae's most valuable possession is her music box.
Which of the following supports that statement?
"It's pretty," said Winnie, taking the little box and turning it over to wind up.
She took from the washstand a square object painted with roses and lilies of the valley.
It was one of the prettiest things she owned and she never went anywhere without it.
Winnie examined the painted roses and lilies of the valley, and smiled in spite of herself.
How did Winnie help to free Mae from jail?
She asked her parents to release her.
She persuaded the constable to let her go
She climbed into the jail cell and took her place.
She just gave the man in the yellow suit the water he wanted.
All of the following happened EXCEPT....
Jesse fell out of a tree and lived.
The horse was shot and lived.
Pa got snake bite and didn't die.
Miles shot himself and it did nothing but knock him down.
Choose the analogy that best matches the examples provided.
Disarray: disorder
Marionette: strings
burly: small
silhouette: grimace
parched: dry
Winnie telling the frog she wants to run away and complaining about her life is an internal conflict. Therefore, it is part of the rising action.
True
False
What led the Tucks to conclude that the spring water was the source of their immortality?
The man in the yellow suit told them so.
The woods used to be a forest.
The cat didn't die.
The T carved in the tree hadn't changed or moved.
How does Winnie feel about the Tucks (pick 2).
She isn't sure what to think of them.
She loves them.
She doesn't trust them.
They are her friends.
Why had the townspeople started to think that the Tucks were involved in witchcraft?
Their animals weren't dying.
The put spells on people.
Jesse didn't die when he fell from the tree.
They weren't aging.
Which of the following is NOT true regarding the events and their placement on the plot diagram?
The layout of the wood was partially made by cows who created a path around the woods. This is part of the exposition of the story.
Winnie discovering the spring and getting kidnapped by the Tucks is the climax of the story.
Winnie waking up the next morning in Mae's jail cell and being discovered by the constable is part of the falling action.
Winnie deciding not to drink from the spring and dying is part of the resolution of the story.
Who is the villain in the story?
The constable
Mae Tuck
The man in the yellow suit
WInnie Foster
Choose the analogy that best matches the examples provided.
Acrid: smell
burly: weak
melancholy: feeling
gait: legs
gallows: death
What happened, the night of the escape, that probably helped the Tucks free Mae?
They drank the spring water.
Mae found the keys.
The constable was sick.
It stormed badly.
ALL of the following are true, EXCEPT....
Winnie adored the Tucks. She even loved them.
Angus Tuck was whom Winnie adored the most.
Jesse made Winnie blush and considered drinking the water to live forever with him.
Mae helped Winnie understand why she shouldn't drink from the spring.
The mood or feeling throughout most of the book....
Somber - the reader feels sad for Winnie and sad for the family because they drank from the spring.
Expectant - the reader is left with the feeling that something will happen at some point, maybe something disastrous.
Peaceful - the reader has a feeling of calm, as if nothing will happen
What can we infer about Winnie's life after the Tucks left Treegap?
Choose TWO
She married and had children, whom she loved very much.
Winnie wished she has drank from the spring and married Jesse.
Winnie went looking for the Tucks when she turned 17.
She lived a long life, but didn't drink the water and died when it was her time.
True or False. The toad lived forever.
True
False
Theme is a moral or lesson of a story.
Which is NOT a theme in the story?
Stand up for what you believe.
It's important to gain independence.
Always love and help others.
You should never grow and be better.
Winnie's experiences....
messed her up so badly that she died from a broken heart.
changed her and forced her to become a strong willed and determined person.
scared her so much that she became mild and timid.
Choose the analogy that best matches the examples provided.
Gallows: wood
Immortality: forever
indomitable: defeated
horse: ride
Marionette: strings
Match the following vocabulary words with the correct terms.
Shape or outline | Burly | ||
Strong, large build | Remnants | ||
Risky or dangerous | Marionette | ||
Puppet on strings | Silhouette | ||
Small pieces of something | Perilous |
Match the following.
Miles Tuck | says the secret is a big, dangerous secret | ||
Jessie Tuck | thinks that they might as well enjoy their everlasting life as long as they can't change it | ||
Angus Tuck | thinks immortality is serious and there is a lot more to it than just good times | ||
Mae Tuck | makes Winnie feel special, like an unexpected present |
10) What does Tuck's simile mean when he says, "We got to get you home just as fast as we can. I got a feeling this whole thing is going to come apart like wet bread."
Why did Tuck say, "Good girl!" while he was at the gravestone?
In the story, the toad played a significant role because eventually Winnie (a)
saw him lying dead in the road
told it all her problems.
blamed all her problems on it.
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