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Tuck Everlasting Test Flashcards

1
Q

How does Mae calm Winnie down after she was kidnapped?

A

Played her music box

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2
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3 reasons why Winnie doesn’t call for help when she is kidnapped

A
  1. She doesn’t trust the man in the yellow suit
  2. She isn’t afraid of the Tucks.
  3. She wanted to have an adventure.
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3
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Who is Mae Tuck

A

Mother of Tuck Family, killed man in yellow Suit

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4
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Who is the constable

A

law officer who arrested Mae Tuck

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Miles Tuck

A

Oldest son of Mae and Angus

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6
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Why is Winnie discontent at the beginning of the story

A

her mother and grandmother suffocate her. She has very little freedom.

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7
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Who is Jesse Tuck

A

youngest son of the Tucks

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Man in the yellow suit

A

on a mission to find the family that does not age

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9
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Winnie Foster

A

Protagonist of the story, 10 year old girl kidnapped by the Tucks

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10
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Setting of the Story

A

Treegap, 1880

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Who owns the “Touch me Not Cottage”

A

the Foster family

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12
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In what month does our story begin and end?

A

August

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13
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Why does Winnie go into the wood instead of running away?

A

Although she wants to have an adventure, she doesn’t think she can make it on her own

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14
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Who does Winnie encounter when she enters the wood?

A

Jesse Tuck, he is drinking from spring at the base of an Ash Tree

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15
Q

3 Seemingly unrelated events in the prologue

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  1. Mae Tuck goes to visit her boys
  2. Winnie thinks about running away
  3. A stranger shows up the Foster’s home looking for someone
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16
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Why doesn’t Jesse let drink from the spring?

A

He doesn’t want her to be stuck at 10 years old forever.

17
Q

Why do the Tucks Kidnap Winnie?

A

They need to explain that the water makes people immortal and stress the importance of keeping the spring a secret.

18
Q

Who overhears the Tucks tell Winnie about the Spring?

A

the man in the yellow suit

19
Q

How event makes the Tucks realize they are immortal?

A

Jesse falls out of a tree onto his head. The fall should have killed him, but he wasn’t hurt at all.

19
Q

Angus Tuck

A

father of Tuck family, described life as a wheel

20
Q

Why do Miles’ wife and kids leave him?

A

His wife and kids age, but he never does. His wife believes he sold his soul to the devil.

21
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A
22
Q

Facts about Tucks

A

had a homely little house
family members include mom, dad, miles, and Jesse, had towering piles of dishes and clutter

23
Q

Facts about Fosters

A

“touch me not cottage”, family members include father, mother, grandmother, and Winnie,
home was squeaking clean

24
Q

How do the Tucks show kindness to Winnie?

A

They check on her during the night to make sure she is ok

25
Q

Why does Winnie suddenly want to go home while eating with the Tucks?

A

She’s never been away from home before

26
Q

What 2 things does Tuck compare life to?

A

a wheel and rocks on the side of the road

27
Q

How does the man in the yellow suit get the Fosters to sign over the wood to him?

A

He blackmails them, promising to reveal where Winnie is after they sign it over

28
Q

What opportunity does the man in the yellow suit offer to the Tucks?

A

Perform demonstrations to prove the water makes people immortal.

29
Q

What is the man in the yellow suit’s connection to the Tucks?

A

His grandmother told him stories about the family that did not age

30
Q

What does Winnie think about Jesse’s offer to drink the water from the spring when she is 17?

A

She doesn’t know what to think, she isn’t sure if she believes the spring water really makes you immortal

31
Q

What does the man in the yellow suit do that makes Mae so angry she ends up killing him?

A

Takes Winnie and says he going to have her drink the spring water

32
Q

Mae is arrested and is supposed to go to the gallows. Why is it so important that she doesn’t go?

A

Mae cannot die, if she goes to the gallows everyone will know the Tucks’ secret.

33
Q

How do the Tucks and Winnie get Mae out of Jail?

A

During the thunderstorm, Miles removes the bars from the window and Mae and Winnie swap places. Winnie places a blanket over herself so the constable won’t know Mae is gone.

34
Q

What does Winnie do with the vial of spring water that Jesse gave her?

A

she pours it over the toad

35
Q

Why does Winnie feel guilty before she sneaks out to help Mae escape jail?

A

she feels bad that her family trusts her and she is breaking their trust again

36
Q

When the Tucks visit Treegap 70 years later, what has happened to the wood and the spring?

A

The Ash Tree was struck by lightning and caught fire. The surrounding wood also caught fire as well. The entire area was bulldozed.

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