Tuck Everlasting Chapters 1 - 4

What time of year does the story take place?

• the beginning of summer

• the end of winter

• the first week in November

• the first week of August

The mood or feeling at the beginning of the book is

• expectant - the reader is left with the feeling that something will happen, maybe something disastrous

• somber - the reader feels sad

• peaceful - the reader has a feeling of calm, as if nothing will happen

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In the middle of page 4, Natalie Babbitt tells her readers that only three things are important. Which of the following is NOT one of those things?

• the first house, the one with the touch-me-not appearance

• the road

• the wood

• the village

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Why is Mae Tuck riding to Treegap?

• to visit the Foster's

• to buy groceries

• to see her sons, Miles and Jesse

• to bother the people of Treegap

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How long has it been since Mae last went to Treegap?

• ten years

• two years

• she has never been to Treegap

• she goes every week

What is the special object that Mae Tuck keeps in her pocket?

• a pocket knife

• a music box

• a gold nugget

• a lucky rabbit's foot

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"Mae sat there frowning, a great potato of a woman..." This sentence is an example of what literary device?

• foreshadowing

• metaphor

• personification

• alliteration

At the beginning of Chapter 3, who is Winnie talking to?

• her grandmother

• a toad

• her father

• the gnats

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Winnie tells the toad why she wants to run away. What does she tell him? Choose the best answer.

• Her family is overprotective.

• She feels trapped, like she's in a cage.

• She wants to do something by herself, something important, something that will make a difference in the world.

• all of these

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In Chapter 4, a stranger talks to Winnie. Who does he say he's looking for?

• Winnie

• the Foster's

• the Tuck's

• He never really says who, he only says he's looking for a family.

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