Tuck Everlasting: Chapters 9-17

How do the Tucks make their trip to their house easier on Winnie?

• Mother gives her suntan lotion and Jesse carries her part of the way.

• Mother rides with her on the horse, and Miles gives her some water.

• Mother gives her a hat to shield the sun, and Miles carries her part of the way.

• Mother sings her a song and Miles tells her interesting stories about his childhood.

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How does Angus Tuck respond to meeting Winnie?

• He seems nervous to meet her.

• He seems overly excited to meet her.

• He seems angry that they brought her to the house.

• He seems sad that she had to be kidnapped to keep their secret.

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Why does Winnie like the Tucks' house so much?

• It is very neat and organized.

• It is filled with modern conveniences.

• It is sloppy, but she likes the five big rooms on the first floor.

• It is sloppy and so different from her home, but she feels comfortable there.

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Why do the Tucks have to move every 20 years or so?

• so they can find other springs of water to drink

• because they get bored with the people in their neighborhood

• so the people around them do not get suspicious of their agelessness

• because after 20 years their looks begin to change a little, so they have to move on

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How do Mr. and Mrs. Tuck feel about their situation?

• They both love the idea of living forever.

• They both are upset with the idea of living forever.

• Mr. Tuck pretty much accepts it, but Mrs. Tuck isn't very happy about it.

• Mrs. Tuck pretty much accepts it, but Mr.Tuck isn't very happy about it.

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What is the conflict of this novel?

• Will the man in the yellow suit buy the Foster's land?

• How will Winnie make a difference in the world?

• Which boy will Winnie decide to marry, Jesse or Miles?

• Will Mae Tuck ever let Winnie go back home again?

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What part of the plot is happening now?

• exposition

• rising action

• climax

• falling action

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"The sun was dropping fast now, a soft red sliding egg yolk, and already to the east there was a darkening to purple." What is being compared with the metaphor in this sentence?

• the sun to purple

• an egg to a cloud

• darkness to the east

• the sun to an egg yolk

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According to Mr. Tuck, "...dying is a part of the wheel, right next to being born. You can't pick out the pieces you like and leave the rest. Being part of the whole thing, that's the blessing. But it's passing us by, us Tucks."

What did Mr. Tuck mean by these words?

• He and his family are very blessed because they get to live forever.

• He is missing pieces of this past because he has lived a long time and forgotten a lot.

• He believes his family is not blessed because they are no longer part of the circle of life.

• He thinks life is passing them by because he is getting older and will not have anymore children.

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According to Mr. Tuck, "So you can't call it a living, what we got. We just are, we just be, like rocks beside the road."

What point was Mr. Tuck making with the smile found in this excerpt?

• The Tucks are similar to rocks in the road; never growing older or changing.

• The Tucks can remember the rocks in the road that have been there forever.

• The Tucks want to be like rocks in the road because they want to live forever.

• The Tucks have always lived by the road because they seem to be always traveling.

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