Tuck Everlasting Prologue & Chapter One

Which of the following is NOT one of the three things that take place in the Prologue?

• 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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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

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

• The wood
• Winnie Foster's House
• The Ferris Wheel
• The town of Treegap

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

What is the setting of the story?

• The town of Treegap and the surrounding wood. It is the first week of August. 
• A spring in the middle of the wood. It is summertime. 
• A town called Millsville that is filled with unusual people. It is April. 
• A bustling city in the heart of New York. it is wintertime. 

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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

How were the cows responsible for the wood being left alone? 

• 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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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

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

• sheriff
• jailhouse and the gallows
• government building
• wishing well

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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

How does the author describe the Fosters' house?

• 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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CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Who owns the wood?

• Mae Tuck and her family
• The Fosters
• The sheriff
• The stranger

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

What is a the center of the wood?

• A giant ash tree with a little spring bubbling up among its roots
• A raging river and lush vegetation
• A tiny house belonging to the witch
• A pen for the cows

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CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.W.6.9A