Tuck Everlasting chapters 9 and 10

Why does Winnie feel like an "unexpected present wrapped in pretty paper and tied with ribbons"?

• She was dressed in a beautiful dress

• Tuck was so happy to see another person

• Tuck thought she was the nicest person he'd met

• He had never met a girl before

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Which sentence from Chapter 10 is an example of personification?

• "There was room beside it for the washstand with the lonely mirror"

• "Scraps of bright cloth; half completed quilts."

• "a cavernous oak wardrobe from which leaked the faint smell of camphor."

• "Up a steep flight of narrow stairs was a dusty loft."

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What amazed Winnie about the Tuck's house?

• How crafty the Tucks were

• That the boys don't come home very much

• That the Tucks home was comfortable

• That people could live in such disarray

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What are some of the jobs Miles does when he is not home with his parents? (page 53)

• He sells wooden ships and toy soldiers.

• He can do some carpentering and work as a blacksmith

• He is a fisherman

• He works in fields or in saloons

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What time of year do the boys come home every 10 years?

• In early December

• In June, at the start of summer

• In the last week of September

• The first week of August.

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Why do the Tucks need to be moving on soon?

• The Tucks have collected too much stuff and want to declutter.

• They have stayed in the house for about 20 years and are afraid people will start to notice they haven't changed

• They are afraid that people will come to their house and see them

• the Tucks cannot afford to live there anymore.

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The Tucks have a mouse that lives in a

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Why did the boys go swimming with their clothes on?

• They didn't want Winnie to see them in a bathing suit

• They don't own a bathing suit

• They were too hot and tired to change

• They always swim in their clothes.

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Why do the boys go their separate ways when they aren't home?

• They don't always get on too good

• They have different addresses

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Tuck is about to explain to Winnie why she shouldn't drink the spring water. Do you think she will take his advice? Why or why not?

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