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Tuck Everlasting Questions

Choose the answer that best completes the sentence.

1. The story begins in ______.

  1. spring
  2. 1802
  3. August
  4. the 21st century
  1. Mae Tuck, Winnie Foster, and the stranger are ______.
  2. related by marriage
  3. not connected in the beginning
  4. distant relatives reunited by the spring
  5. good friends, but just don’t know it
  1. The name of the town is ______.
  2. The Gap
  3. Treetown
  4. Fosterville
  5. Treegap
  1. Mae Tuck is excited about her sons, ______, coming home.
  2. Jesse and Miles
  3. James and Mike
  4. Jesse and Mike
  5. James and Miles
  1. Mae’s husband, Tuck, ______.
  2. would rather be sleeping
  3. is excited about the visit too
  4. is more concerned about breakfast
  5. got up with Mae to help her get ready
  1. Winnie Foster talks to a toad because ______.
  2. she is a very outgoing, friendly child
  3. her mother and grandmother sent her outside to play
  4. she is angry
  5. she likes toads
  1. Winnie is upset because ______.
  2. her mother and grandmother treat her like a child
  3. she wants to go to play in the forest
  4. she wants to play outside and no one will let her
  5. she isn’t allowed to talk to toads
  1. The stranger stops to speak to Winnie to find out______.
  2. who lives in the forest
  3. if she knows the Tuck family
  4. if she likes catching fireflies
  5. information about a family for which he is searching
  1. The sound that interrupts the conversation between Winnie’s grandmother and the stranger is that of ______, according to the grandmother.
  2. a music box
  3. the band
  4. elves
  5. the radio
  1. The following morning Winnie is still upset and decides to ______.
  2. run away forever
  3. find the toad and talk again
  4. go to the forest and maybe even run away
  5. go tell the stranger of her adventures
  1. In the clearing of the forest, Winnie finds ______.
  2. another toad
  3. the stranger
  4. Mae Tuck
  5. Jesse Tuck
  1. When it is discovered that Winnie knows of the Tuck’s secret water, Mae ______.
  2. panics and screams
  3. shakes Winnie, making her promise never to tell
  4. tosses Winnie onto the horse, taking her with them
  5. sends her home to her parents
  1. When Winnie first realizes she has been taken, she ______.
  2. stays rather calm, trying to figure out what to do
  3. screams and yells for help
  4. begins to cry in fear
  5. yells for help from the stranger
  1. When Winnie does begin to cry, Mae calms her with ______.
  2. candy
  3. the music box
  4. a ride on the horse
  5. a hug
  1. How long ago had the Tucks drunk the water?
  2. eighty years
  3. one hundred years
  4. ninety-five years
  5. eighty-seven years
  1. The Tucks felt relieved about telling someone of their situation. ______was the first to react by saying “It feels so fine to tell somebody!”
  2. Miles
  3. Mae
  4. Jesse
  5. Tuck
  1. Upon their arrival home, the first thing that Miles and Jesse do is______.
  2. jump into the pond to swim
  3. run around chasing each other
  4. tell their father about their adventures
  5. relax in their home
  1. Tuck’s reaction to Winnie is that of ______.
  2. worry
  3. happiness
  4. anger
  5. sorrow
  1. The Tuck home is full of wooden toys, bowls, spoons, and forks for them to ______.
  2. use
  3. give away
  4. sell
  5. share with Winnie
  1. How often did the Tuck boys come home to visit their parents?
  2. every year
  3. once every other year
  4. every August
  5. every ten years, the first week in August
  1. Tuck took Winnie to the pond because ______.
  2. it would be a good place to talk
  3. it was a possessed and would help them find answers
  4. they could get away from Jesse and Miles
  5. he needed to go fishing
  1. At the end of Tuck and Winnie’s talk, why was Miles so “excited”?
  2. He was hungry and wanted the fish to eat
  3. He wanted to see Winnie
  4. He feared for their safety
  5. Someone had taken their horse
  1. Throughout the night, Winnie is visited by three of the Tucks. Who came to see her?
  2. Jesse, Miles, Mae
  3. Jesse, Tuck, Miles
  4. Mae, Tuck, Jesse
  5. Tuck, Mae, Miles
  1. Winnie sleeps ______.
  2. in Miles’ bed
  3. in Jesse’s bed
  4. in Mae and Tuck’s bed
  5. on the couch
  1. When Jesse comes to visit Winnie, he wants to talk to her about ______.
  2. marrying himright away so that they would be together
  3. drinking the water the next day
  4. drinking the water and marrying him when she is older
  5. going back home to her family
  1. The stranger in the yellow suit talks to the Fosters about where Winnie is and convinces them that they should give him ______in exchange for the information.
  2. money
  3. a horse
  4. the woods by Treegap
  5. the water from the spring so that he may stay young
  1. ______went with the stranger to the Tuck’s to get Winnie.
  2. Her father
  3. Jesse
  4. The constable
  5. No one
  1. Miles and Winnie go fishing in the morning to catch breakfast, however, Winnie’s fish ______and Miles’ fish ______.
  2. gets away/gets let go
  3. gets away/gets away
  4. gets let go/gets let go
  5. gets let go/gets away
  1. Miles tells Winnie about his daughter, Anna, and that ______.
  2. she hated fishing
  3. she was dead now
  4. he used to take her fishing
  5. she was afraid of fish
  1. Miles and Winnie tell the Tucks that ______.
  2. the fish weren’t biting at all
  3. they didn’t catch anything worth keeping
  4. the fish got away
  5. they didn’t go fishing
  1. The stranger arrives at the Tuck house to ______.
  2. safely return Winnie to her home because he is so worried about her
  3. trick them into giving Winnie back to her family
  4. steal their horse again
  5. convince them to tell him where the “fountain of youth” was in the woods
  1. Mae Tuck is so upset with the stranger she ______.
  2. hits him with a gun
  3. shoots him with the gun
  4. kicks him in the knee
  5. threatens to arrest him
  1. After Mae dealt with the stranger, the constable ______.
  2. thanked her
  3. left and went back to Treegap
  4. told her she was a good shot
  5. took her to jail
  1. The stranger stays behind with the Tucks so that they can ______.
  2. beat him up for what he had done
  3. take care of him in hopes that he wouldn’t die
  4. feed him breakfast
  5. get the deed for the woods back from him
  1. Who comes to see Winnie to tell her of the Tuck’s plan?
  2. Miles
  3. the constable
  4. Jesse
  5. Tuck
  1. What does the person in #35 bring to Winnie and why?
  2. a bottle of the water so that she may drink it in order to be with him
  3. a gun so that she can protect herself
  4. a toad because she loves them so much
  5. news of the death of the stranger because they would kill Mae for it
  1. Winnie waits until______and sneaks out to meet Jesse and save Mae.
  2. dark
  3. morning
  4. midnight
  5. bedtime
  1. Miles removed the window of Mae’s cell with a ______.
  2. sledge hammer to break the bars
  3. hammer to remove the nails
  4. saw to cut the bars
  5. block of wood to pry the bars apart
  1. Once Mae is out of her cell, ______.
  2. Winnie is boosted into the cell
  3. the Tucks run away with Winnie
  4. Winnie begins to cry
  5. the constable catches them
  1. Winnie returns home and saves the toad by ______.
  2. moving him out of the road
  3. taking him home
  4. putting the water on him
  5. taking him back outside