Tuck Everlasting Chapter 9

How do the Tucks eat?

• Anywhere they can find a seat in their house

• At a table with silverware

• Outside by the pond

• Upstairs in the loft

What does the author mean when she stated that Winnie was in training to be like her mother and grandmother?

• She was trained to be an old lady.

• She was trained to be be a mother.

• She was trained to manage and run a house.

Which of the following Tuck family members does NOT check on Winnie in the middle of the night?

• Angus Tuck

• Miles Tuck

• Jesse Tuck

• Mae Tuck

Why do you think the Tucks can’t keep a job, rather they need to make things to sell from town to town?

• They hate working.

• They are rich and don't have to work.

• They can't find jobs because they are old.

• They have to keep changing jobs so no one knows they are not aging.

What does the Man in the Yellow Suit want in exchange for telling Mr. and Mrs. Foster where Winnie is?

• One million dollars

• their house

• the wood

• a job at Mr. Foster's office

How does Tuck compare his life to that of the life in the pond? 

• He says that he is a fish in the water.
• He says that he loves moving like the water in the pond.
• He says that the pond is a wheel, but he is stuck and can't move.
• He says that death is like the pond.

How is Tuck able to help Winnie to make sense of why it is important that no one knows their secret?

• He takes her down the river and never returns.
• He says that no one will ever move on and will be stuck. 
• He says that the pond never moves. 
• He says life is lovely.

When Tuck states, "I got a bad feeling about the whole thing," this is...

• hyperbole

• foreshadowing

• simile

• metaphor

The narrator states that Mae's nightgown had "miles of faded cotton flannel." This is an example of

• hyperbole

• foreshadowing

• simile

• metaphor

What is Jesse's proposition for Winnie?

• They should immediately go to the spring and drink the water.

• She should wait until she is seventeen and then drink the water so they could get married.

• The two of them should find a way to cap the spring so that water is unavailable to the man in the yellow suit.

• Winnie should escape in the middle of the night to return home.