Tuck Everlasting Prologue

Which of the following is NOT one of the three things that take place in the Prologue?

• Natalie Babbitt rode the Ferris Wheel at the fair. 

• Mae Tuck went to the wood outside of Treegap to meet her sons, Miles and Jesse. 

• Winnie Foster began to think about running away. 

• A stranger who was looking for someone appeared at the Fosters' gate. 

What is at the center (or the hub of the wheel) in our story and connects all three events in the Prologue?

• The wood

• Winnie Foster's House

• The Ferris Wheel

• The town of Treegap

What is the setting of the story?

• The town of Treegap and the surrounding wood. It is the first week of August. 

• A spring in the middle of the wood. It is summertime. 

• A town called Millsville that is filled with unusual people. It is April. 

• A bustling city in the heart of New York. it is wintertime. 

Who owns the wood?

• Mae Tuck and her family

• The Fosters

• The sheriff

• The stranger

Which one is NOT one of the three events described in the prologue that initially had no connection?

• Mae set off on her horse towards Treegap

• Jesse fell out of a tree and onto his head

• Winnie lost her patience and decided to think about running away.

• A stranger appeared at the Foster's house

What is NOT one of the three events that was described in the prologue that had no connection at first?

• Mae set off on her horse for Treegap

• Jesse fell out of a tree and on his head

• Winnie lost her patience and decided to think about running away.

• A stranger appeared at the Foster's

Who is Winnie Foster? 

• The town's only  teacher.

• The mayor of Treegap

• The owner of the local dress shop. 

• The only child of the Fosters. 

What was one reason people did not go through the woods? 

• The forest was too thick.

• The Fosters owned the Wood 

• The woods were stinky.

• Treegap did not have any woods.

Finish this sentence: "Mae Tuck, and her husband, and Miles and Jesse, too, had __________________ ",

• all looked exactly the same for eighty-seven years

• all been keeping the horrible secret of what they had done from the sheriff

• all hated one another

• all moved to Treegap three years ago to start a new life

Which of the following does NOT describe Mae Tuck?

• long, gray-brown hair wound into a bun

• a great potato of a woman with a round, sensible face

• calm brown eyes

• frightening blue eyes