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Tuck Everlasting (Prologue-5)

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

At what time of year does the story begin?

a)

First week of August

b)

First week of December

c)

Last week of August

d)

Halloween

2.

Which word refers to an animal in the cattle group?

a)

parson

b)

grapevine

c)

bovine

d)

bacon

3.

What does the author compare to August?

a)

the highest seat of a ferris wheel

b)

a toad

c)

a curvy road

d)

cotton candy at the fair

4.

Which of the following is NOT one of the 3 things that happened that day in August?

a)

Mae Tuck rides to Treegap to meet her sons.

b)

Winnie Foster goes to the fair.

c)

Winnie Foster thinks about running away.

d)

A stranger appears at the Foster's gate.

5.

Who made the road to Treegap?

a)

the cows

b)

the horses

c)

the cars

d)

Good Hope Contracting

6.

What are 2 reasons people didn't go through the woods?

a)

Winnie was mean, and they were scared.

b)

They were lazy, and there were too many cows.

c)

The Fosters owned it, and the road went around it.

d)

They didn't have cars, and they thought elves lived there.

7.

How long has it been since Mae Tuck went to Treegap?

a)

87 years

b)

10 years

c)

10 minutes

d)

12 years

8.

What was the one pretty thing Mae owned?

a)

a shawl

b)

a hat

c)

a mirror

d)

a music box

9.

What does the stranger remind Winnie of?

a)

Curious George

b)

a banana

c)

the stiff black ribbons at her grandfather's funeral

d)

the plump toad she was talking to earlier

10.

Who or what does Winnie see in the woods?

a)

Jesse Tuck

b)

a huge black spider

c)

elves

d)

a treehouse

11.

Which word means angry?

a)

bovine

b)

rueful

c)

cross

d)

gallows

12.

Which words means irritated or annoyed?

a)

jaunty

b)

marionette

c)

tangent

d)

exasperated

13.

What are gallows?

a)

a cow or buffalo

b)

a frame from which convicted people were hanged

c)

a type of bird

14.

Which words means cheerful, lively, self-confident?

a)

rueful

b)

melancholy

c)

jaunty

15.

What is a marionette?

a)

a wooden puppet

b)

a frame from which convicted people were hanged

c)

a man that wears a yellow suit

16.

If you are sad or depressed, you are ________.

a)

jaunty

b)

a bovine

c)

melancholy

17.

You might feel rueful if _____________.

a)

you helped your mom clean.

b)

you gave your friend a present.

c)

you said something mean.