Tuck Everlasting Ch.16 - Epilogue Review

Why hadn’t Miles given his wife and children the water from the spring?

• They did not realize the true nature of the spring until after Miles’s wife and children had left him.

• Tuck thought the fewer the people who knew the better.

• All of these.

• His wife would have been twice his age forever, and his his kids would have almost been his age forever.

How did the man in the yellow suit learn of the Tucks?

• His grandmother told him stories about a family who did not age.

• His grandfather told him stories of a family that did not age.

• His mother told him she knew a family with the last name Tuck.

• He bought Mae’s music box from her when he was little.

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What plan did the man in the yellow suit have for the wood and the spring within it?

• He planned to sell the spring water to those who “deserve” it.

• He planned to drink the water, build a house by the big ash tree, and live there alone forever.

• He planned to make Mr. and Mrs. Foster drink from the spring.

• He planned to donate the spring water to a charity, so they could raise money.

What did the man in the yellow suit offer the Tucks?

• They could go into business with him and be his examples while he sold the water.

• They could take Winnie back and earn the reward money.

• They could have the wood that he bought from the Fosters if they let him keep their old horse.

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When the Tucks were unwilling to do what the man in the yellow suit wanted them to, what did he do next.

• He grabbed Winnie and said he would have her drink the water and be the example for him.

• He grabbed Mae and the shotgun.

• He shot Tuck with his shotgun.

• He ran out of the house and rode away on the Tuck’s horse.

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How did Mae stop the man in the yellow suit from doing what he said he was going to do?

• She wheeled Tuck’s shotgun above her head and brought the stock of it down man on the man in the yellow suit’s head to stop him.

• She ran outside to get the horse before he could get it.

• She saw the constable coming and told him the whole story.

• She shot the man in the yellow suit with Tuck’s shotgun.

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Why did Tuck look at the man in the yellow suit as if he envied him?

• He could get hurt and die, and Tuck wanted to be able to die.

• He had a jaunty yellow suit, and had always wanted one.

• The man in the yellow suit had had a grandmother and a mother. Tuck did not know his.

• Tuck wanted to be lonely like the man in the yellow suit.

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Why couldn’t Mae Tuck hang for her crime?

• It was against the law.

• She couldn’t die.

• Tuck wouldn’t let her.

• Jesse needed her.

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How do the Fosters treat Winnie upon her return from the Tucks?

• They are angry and punish her.

• They treat her gingerly like an egg. They are relieved.

• They invite her to go all over town and announce that she is back home safe and sound.

• They have a party at their house for everyone in town.

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What is different for Winnie when she returns home?

• She experienced something her family did not. This makes her feel satisfied and lonely.

• Winnie is more disobedient to her parents and leaves home during the day without asking.

• Winnie is afraid of her angry parents and grandmother and hides in her room all the time.

• She finally believes in her grandmother’s elves, and her grandmother is thrilled!

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