Tuck Everlasting Prologue & Chapter One

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Which of the following is NOT one of the three things that take place in the Prologue? Options: Natalie Babbitt rode the Ferris Wheel at the fair. , Mae Tuck went to the wood outside of Treegap to meet her sons, Miles and Jesse. , Winnie Foster began to think about running away. , A stranger who was looking for someone appeared at the Fosters' gate. 

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Natalie Babbitt rode the Ferris Wheel at the fair. 

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

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What is at the center (or the hub of the wheel) in our story and connects all three events in the Prologue?

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The wood

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

Front

What is the setting of the story?

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The town of Treegap and the surrounding wood. It is the first week of August.

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

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How were the cows responsible for the wood being left alone? Options: The cows trod out the road that led to the village, and they went around the wood instead of through it, The cows were always in the wood, so no one went inside to bother them, The cows had trampled all of the grass in the wood, so nothing grew there, The cows were always blocking the road that led through the wood, so no one could get inside

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The cows trod out the road that led to the village, and they went around the wood instead of through it

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

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Finish this sentence: "But the village doesn't matter, except for the _____________________ "

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jailhouse and the gallows

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Front

How does the author describe the Fosters' house? Options: as the touch-me-not cottage, as inviting and welcoming to all, as a huge mansion with overgrown grass in the yard, as simple and almost unnoticeable

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as the touch-me-not cottage

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CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Front

Who owns the wood?

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The Fosters

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

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What is at the center of the wood?

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A giant ash tree with a little spring bubbling up among its roots

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CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5