Tuck Everlasting Ch. 14 - 17

In Chapter 14, Winnie is alone on the couch, her makeshift bed for the night, with her mind running wild. Then she began to relax as she listened to the sound-fill silence.

Of what is the sound-filled silence an example?

• assonance

• oxymoron

• onomatopoeia

• analogy

Answer explanation

Remember - an oxymoron sounds "moronic" because antonyms, words with opposite meanings, are working together to create a new meaning.

Who visited Winnie during the night to check on her?

• Angus Tuck

• Mae Tuck

• Miles Tuck

• Jesse Tuck

What proposal does Jesse make to Winnie during the night as she lay on the couch in the Tuck's home?

• He proposed they run away together now, during the night.

• He proposed she drink the spring water when she is sixteen.

• He proposed she drink the spring water when she turns seventeen and find him.

• He proposed he take her back to the Fosters during the night so she would not be afraid of staying in a strange place.

What news does the man in the yellow suit carry to the Fosters' cottage?

• He knows who stole the Tucks' horse.

• He wants to buy the Fosters' Wood.

• He knows about the spring in the woods by the large tree.

• He wants to make a trade with the Fosters, exchanging news about Winnie's whereabouts for the wood.

Who goes to the Tucks' with the man in the yellow suit?

• Winnie's grandfather

• Winnie's dad

• The entire foster family.

• the constable.

Why does the man in the yellow suit leave his traveling companion and ride on ahead?

• He has a business proposition for the Winnie.

• He has a business proposition for the Tucks.

• He wants all the credit for returning Winnie home.

• He tells the Tucks his grandmothers tale about the strange family and the tinkling little music box melody

Who took Winnie out on the pond to catch fish for breakfast?

• Mae

• Angus

• Miles

• Jesse

What was Winnie's reaction when she caught a fish?

• She thought it was fun and exciting.

• She thought the fish was both beautiful and horrible at the same time.

• She told her fishing companion to "throw it back".

• She couldn't wait to tell Tuck and Mae she had caught breakfast all by herself.

In comparing Miles and Jesse in Chapter 17, Winnie thinks Miles is solid like an oar while Jesse is thin and quick like water.

What is the literary device used here"

• onomatopoeia

• metaphor

• alliteration

• simile

While sitting in the boat with Miles, Winnie notices a dragon fly, a brilliant blue jewel as it darts about her. What literary device is used by Babbitt here?

• simile

• metaphor

• consonance

• analogy