Prose, Poetry & Drama: Tuck Everlasting Excerpts

The sentences below are from paragraph 14 of the story. 'She put her plate down carefully on the floor and stood up, straightening her skirt. Then she went to the kitchen and opened the door.' If the story was turned into a play, what element in the text of a play would most likely give this information to the reader?

• cast of characters

• setting

• dialogue

• stage directions

What is the best definition of "callers" as it is used in paragraph 11 of the story?

• people who call on the phone

• people who come to the door

• people who call out numbers in a Bingo game

• people who call someone’s name out loud

How would the story be different if told from Jesse’s point of view?

• The reader would know why Jesse was late getting out of bed.

• The reader would know why Jesse didn’t go fishing.

• The reader would know Jesse’s inner thoughts instead of Winnie’s.

• The reader would know why Jesse doesn’t offer to go answer the door.

The setting is the time and place where the story happens. How does the reader know the setting in the story?

• The author states the setting in the first paragraph.

• The reader must infer the setting from clues in the text.

• The author reveals the setting through the dialogue in paragraph 6.

• The author doesn’t provide enough clues for the reader to know the setting.

Which best describes the narrator in the story?

• The narrator is one of the characters.

• The narrator tells the story in first-person.

• The narrator tells the story in third-person.

• There is no narrator.

The Stranger Excerpt: Below is a line from the play of "Tuck Everlasting." JESSE: [looks at MILES] Oh? Where's the fish, then? How come we got nothing but flapjacks? What two features of a play does this line include?

• cast of characters and stage directions

• setting and dialogue

• stage directions and dialogue

• cast of characters and dialogue

The Stranger Excerpt: Read the following line from the play, "Tuck Everlasting." Well, slug-a-bed! You come near to missing breakfast. Miles and Winnie been up for hours, out fishing and back already. What does the term "slug-a-bed" mean?

• someone who sleeps in

• someone who has slugs in his bed

• someone whose alarm clock doesn’t go off

• someone who doesn't usually eat breakfast

The Stranger Excerpt: The stage directions tell that Miles and Winnie are returning from an early-morning fishing trip. Which line from the play best explains why they aren’t carrying any fish?

• line 3

• line 4

• line 5

• line 6

The Stranger Excerpt: Look at the table. Which of the following correctly completes the table?

• paragraphs, narration, and dialogue

• cast of characters, paragraphs, and rhyme

• stanzas, dialogue, and meter

• verse, meter, and rhythm

Read the poem, then answer the questions that follow. The Stranger

A poem adapted from the book, Tuck Everlasting, by Natalie Babbitt

Early one morn a boy and girl had been fishing, but no fish did they find So breakfast was flapjacks again, but no one seemed to mind. Winnie, the girl, could scarcely eat—her stomach was all aflutter
For occupying her mind was a boy named Jesse with curls the color of butter.

Jesse finally awoke from his slumber, and as all sat down to consume, One glimpse of Jesse and Winnie’s heart began to bloom.
Then suddenly a knock, and forks dropped to the floor.
Their stomachs churned. Who could be at the door?

How does the mood of the poem change from the beginning to the end?

• It changes from happiness to sadness.

• It changes from anger to contentment.

• It changes from calm to worry.

• It changes from boredom to anger.