Tuck Everlasting C 1-3

Tuck Everlasting

Chapter 1-3

About the book

Tuck Everlasting is an American children's novel about immortality written by Natalie Babbitt and published  in 1975. It has sold over 5 million copies and has been called a classic of modern children's literature.

Tuck Everlasting has been adapted into two feature films, released in 1981 and 2002, and has been adapted three times into audio books.

Prologue

What are the three things that happened and at first appeared to have no connection between them?

Chapter 1

the road - the wood- the house (cottage with a touch-me-not appearance) -the cows- the people

- the ash tree-the spring

Chapter 2

• Mae Tuck

• Mae's husband, Tuck

• Miles

• Jesse

Chapter 3

• Winnie Foster

• the toad/ gnats

• Winnie's grandmother

• Winnie's mother

Multiple Choice

Why would the discovery of the spring in the middle of the woods be an immense disaster?

• Everyone would want to go swimming. 
• Winnie would run away. 
• Farmers would want to buy the land. 
• Everyone would want the water. 

Multiple Choice

What does it mean to have a house with a touch-me-not appearance?

• It is beautiful, but uninviting. 
• It is a museum.
• People come to touch the house. 
• It is illegal to touch the house. 

Multiple Choice

Why do you think that Tuck only smiled when he was asleep?

• He was dreaming of food.

• He was dreaming of living forever.

• He was dreaming of heaven.

• He was dreaming about Treegap.

Multiple Choice

Why does Mae only see her boys every ten years?

• She doesn't like to see them that much. 
• She has no way to get anywhere. 
• She doesn't want to be recognized. 
• She likes her girls better. 

Multiple Choice

What item does Mae never go anywhere without?

• Her second shawl
• Her brooch
• Her petticoat
• Her music box

Multiple Choice

How long have the Tuck's been living in immortality? 

• 10 years
• 70 years
• 87 years
• 17 years

Multiple Choice

Why does Winnie feel as though she is cooped up in a cage?

• She looks like a chicken.

• She is stuck at her house.

• She has claustrophobia.

• She is tired.

Multiple Choice

Why does Winnie wish that she had a brother or sister?

• So she wouldn't get all the attention. 
• So she would have someone to play with. 
• So she could get them in trouble. 
• So she could share clothes with a sister.