Worksheets"Tuck Everlasting" Final
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 17mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
In one sentence tell what Angus Tuck was trying to explain to Winnie at the pond.
a)
Life is ever changing.
b)
Everybody should drink from the spring.
c)
Treegap is the best town ever.
d)
Sleep in as late as possible every day.
2.
Mae has a special object. What was it?
a)
A little music box with stars on top.
b)
A special hairbrush.
c)
A little music box with roses and lilies painted on top.
d)
A beautiful diamond ring.
3.
How was the home lifestyle of the Tucks different from that of the Fosters?
a)
The Tucks were very rich and owned land.
b)
The Fosters traveled the world and no one in the Tuck family had left the town of Treegap.
c)
The Tucks all had jobs and the Fosters didn't work.
d)
The Tucks were messy, cluttered, dusty. Fosters were clean, neat, orderly.
4.
Why did Tuck say, "Good girl" while he was at the gravestone?
a)
He was glad she chose to live a natural life and remain part of the "wheel".
b)
She chose the perfect spot to be buried.
c)
She found and married the best man.
d)
She had 4 wonderful children.
5.
Why did Mae Tuck hit the man in the yellow suit?
a)
He took her music box.
b)
He was trying to cut Winnie's hair and steal her shoes.
c)
She felt she had to save the secret of the spring.
d)
Angus and Miles told her to.
6.
Who said, "It's no use having that dream. Nothing's going to change."
a)
Mae
b)
Tuck
c)
Jesse
d)
Winnie
7.
*Central part of a wheel; center around which other things revolve.
a)
circumference
b)
hole
c)
hub
d)
home
8.
When Winnie was first taken away by the Tucks, what helped calm her down?
a)
a doll
b)
water
c)
music box
d)
a lollipop
9.
*Jewelry with a hinged pin to fasten to clothing.
a)
necklace
b)
brooch
c)
bracelet
d)
bovine
10.
Jesse wanted Winnie to wait until she was older to drink from the spring.
a)
False
b)
True
11.
What does the "touch-me-not appearance" of the cottage mean?
a)
Cottage had not been painted in a long time.
b)
Cottage had shutters on windows.
c)
Cottage was painted blue.
d)
Cottage was not inviting, visitors not welcome.
12.
*A place where liquid is collected and stored for use.
a)
restaurant
b)
reservoir
c)
realm
d)
rainbow
13.
What was the fantastic secret the Tucks told Winnie?
a)
They had not changed in 78 years because they drank from a well in town.
b)
They had not changed in 85 years because they drank from a spring in the wood by Treegap.
c)
They had not changed in 48 years because they drank from a spring in the wood by Treegap.
d)
They had not changed in 87 years because they drank from a spring in the wood by Treegap.
14.
Why had Angus Tuck looked at the body of the man on the ground almost enviously?
a)
He was very mad.
b)
He didn't know who he was.
c)
He longed to have a normal life span.
d)
He was hoping to be friends with him.
15.
What bargain did the man in the yellow suit make with the Fosters?
a)
He would give them the music box and elves.
b)
He would tell them where Winnie was in exchange for the ownership of the wood.
c)
He would give them his share of the gold if they would tell him where the Tucks live.
d)
He would let the toad live if they would fix him supper.
16.
* In a way that does not allow any choices or planning.
a)
willy-nilly
b)
indomitable
c)
numb
d)
eddies
17.
___________ ___________ is the author of "Tuck Everlasting".
a)
Marsha Orr
b)
Natalie Babbitt
c)
Jane Abbott
d)
Jennifer Bammon
18.
Winnie's grandmother believed the music from the woods was made by _____________.
a)
the wind
b)
squirrels
c)
a church choir
d)
elves
19.
*Strange, odd or unusual.
a)
outrage
b)
peculiar
c)
cahoots
d)
ordeal
20.
"Th sun was only just opening its own eye...."
a)
Simile
b)
Alliteration
c)
Metaphor
d)
Personification
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