Tuck Everlasting End of Book Quiz

What is the main idea of Tuck Everlasting?

• A girl overcoming her fear of running away

• A toad that lives forever

• A girl making a hard decision after a series of conflicting feelings

• A family who kidnaps children and makes them live forever

What theme best fits Tuck Everlasting?

• follow your dreams

• take chances in order to succeed

• think about your choices

• working hard is better than working fast

What is the climax of Tuck Everlasting?

• Winnie pours the water on the toad

• Mae kidnaps Winnie

• Winnie meets the Stranger

• Mae kills the Stranger

What type of figurative language is this excerpt from Tuck Everlasting:

"the road was an aisle of brilliant velvet dust."

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• alliteration

What is the main conflict in Tuck Everlasting?

• The Stranger can not find the magical spring

• Winnie is unsure of her feelings and what she should do

• The Tucks secret is told and they have to flee

• Winnie's family can't find her, so they hire the constable

Which statement best contrasts the Tuck and the Foster families?

• The Tucks like fish, whereas the Fosters do not eat fish.

• The Tucks are warm and caring to Winnie, however the Fosters are more cold and controlling.

• Both the Tucks and the Fosters care a lot about Winnie.

• The Tuck's house is clean and tidy, on the other hand, the Foster's house is messy and dusty.

What type of figurative language is this excerpt from Tuck Everlasting:

"We just are, we just be, like rocks beside the road."

• onomatopoeia

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• simile

Which quote from the text supports the idea that Mr. Tuck does not like living forever?

• "everything's a wheel, turning and turning, never stopping" -Tuck

• "dying is part of the wheel, right there next to being born" -Tuck

• "If people knew about the spring, they'd all come running like pigs to slop" -Tuck

• "being part of the whole thing, that's a blessing. But it's passing us by, us Tucks" -Tuck

What is the main resolution of Tuck Everlasting?

• Winnie chooses to live her life, growing old and eventually dying

• The Stranger dies and no one learns about the Tuck's secret

• Winnie is saved by the constable and returned home to her parents and grandmother

• The Tucks move away from Treegap and start a new life somewhere else.

Which statement best compares the Tuck and Foster families?

• Both the Tucks and the Foster want Mae to hang for kidnapping Winnie

• The Tucks expect a lot out of Winnie similar to the Foster

• Winnie feels stuck and closed in by the Fosters, in the same way she does by the Tucks

• Winnie loves and cares for both the Tucks and the Fosters, she feels tied to both families