Tuck Everlasting - Prologue & Chapter 1

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.5.1

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.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.5

At what time of the year does the story begin?

• Second week in September
• Third week in April
• First week of August 
• First week in October

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CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.7

What does the author compare to August? 

• A merry-go-round
• A Ferris Wheel
• A bicycle
• A scooter

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CCSS.RL.5.3

Who made the road Treegap? 

• The horses made the road. 
• The pigs created the road.
• The cows trod the road.
• The buffalos created the road.

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CCSS.RL.5.1

What was one reason people did not go through the woods? 

• The forest was too thick.
• The Fosters owned the Wood 
• The woods were stinky.
• Treegap did not have any woods.

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CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

Who is Winnie Foster? 

• The town's only  teacher.
• The mayor of Treegap
• The owner of the local dress shop. 
• The only child of the Fosters. 

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CCSS.RL.5.1

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. 

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.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RI.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.L.5.4A

CCSS.RL.5.4