Tuck Everlasting Test

Question 1

How does Mae calm Winnie down after she was kidnapped?

Answer 1

Played her music box

Question 2

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

Answer 2

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.

Question 3

Who is Mae Tuck

Answer 3

Mother of Tuck Family, killed man in yellow Suit

Question 4

Who is the constable

Answer 4

law officer who arrested Mae Tuck

Question 5

Miles Tuck

Answer 5

Oldest son of Mae and Angus

Question 6

Why is Winnie discontent at the beginning of the story

Answer 6

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

Question 7

Who is Jesse Tuck

Answer 7

youngest son of the Tucks

Question 8

Man in the yellow suit

Answer 8

on a mission to find the family that does not age

Question 9

Winnie Foster

Answer 9

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

Question 10

Setting of the Story

Answer 10

Treegap, 1880

Question 11

Who owns the “Touch me Not Cottage”

Answer 11

the Foster family

Question 12

In what month does our story begin and end?

Answer 12

August

Question 13

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

Answer 13

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

Question 14

Who does Winnie encounter when she enters the wood?

Answer 14

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

Question 15

3 Seemingly unrelated events in the prologue

Answer 15

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

Question 16

Why doesn’t Jesse let drink from the spring?

Answer 16

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

Question 17

Why do the Tucks Kidnap Winnie?

Answer 17

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

Question 18

Who overhears the Tucks tell Winnie about the Spring?

Answer 18

the man in the yellow suit

Question 19

How event makes the Tucks realize they are immortal?

Answer 19

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

Question 19

Angus Tuck

Answer 19

father of Tuck family, described life as a wheel

Question 20

Why do Miles’ wife and kids leave him?

Answer 20

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

Question 22

Facts about Tucks

Answer 22

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

Question 23

Facts about Fosters

Answer 23

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

Question 24

How do the Tucks show kindness to Winnie?

Answer 24

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

Question 25

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

Answer 25

She's never been away from home before

Question 26

What 2 things does Tuck compare life to?

Answer 26

a wheel and rocks on the side of the road

Question 27

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

Answer 27

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

Question 28

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

Answer 28

Perform demonstrations to prove the water makes people immortal.

Question 29

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

Answer 29

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

Question 30

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

Answer 30

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

Question 31

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

Answer 31

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

Question 32

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

Answer 32

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

Question 33

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

Answer 33

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.

Question 34

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

Answer 34

she pours it over the toad

Question 35

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

Answer 35

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

Question 36

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

Answer 36

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