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WorksheetsTuck Everlasting Ch. 14 - 17
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 7mins
In Chapter 14, Winnie is alone on the couch, her makeshift bed for the night, with her mind running wild. Then she began to relax as she listened to the sound-fill silence.
Of what is the sound-filled silence an example?
assonance
oxymoron
onomatopoeia
analogy
Who visited Winnie during the night to check on her?
Angus Tuck
Mae Tuck
Miles Tuck
Jesse Tuck
What proposal does Jesse make to Winnie during the night as she lay on the couch in the Tuck's home?
He proposed they run away together now, during the night.
He proposed she drink the spring water when she is sixteen.
He proposed she drink the spring water when she turns seventeen and find him.
He proposed he take her back to the Fosters during the night so she would not be afraid of staying in a strange place.
What news does the man in the yellow suit carry to the Fosters' cottage?
He knows who stole the Tucks' horse.
He wants to buy the Fosters' Wood.
He knows about the spring in the woods by the large tree.
He wants to make a trade with the Fosters, exchanging news about Winnie's whereabouts for the wood.
Who goes to the Tucks' with the man in the yellow suit?
Winnie's grandfather
Winnie's dad
The entire foster family.
the constable.
Why does the man in the yellow suit leave his traveling companion and ride on ahead?
He has a business proposition for the Winnie.
He has a business proposition for the Tucks.
He wants all the credit for returning Winnie home.
He tells the Tucks his grandmothers tale about the strange family and the tinkling little music box melody
Who took Winnie out on the pond to catch fish for breakfast?
Mae
Angus
Miles
Jesse
What was Winnie's reaction when she caught a fish?
She thought it was fun and exciting.
She thought the fish was both beautiful and horrible at the same time.
She told her fishing companion to "throw it back".
She couldn't wait to tell Tuck and Mae she had caught breakfast all by herself.
In comparing Miles and Jesse in Chapter 17, Winnie thinks Miles is solid like an oar while Jesse is thin and quick like water.
What is the literary device used here"
onomatopoeia
metaphor
alliteration
simile
While sitting in the boat with Miles, Winnie notices a dragon fly, a brilliant blue jewel as it darts about her. What literary device is used by Babbitt here?
simile
metaphor
consonance
analogy
What did Miles say that he wanted to do with his life someday - the same thing Winnie had said earlier in the book?
He wanted to help animals
He wanted to do something that made a bit of a difference.
He wanted to find his wife and children.
He wanted to do something important.
Winnie catches just a glimpse of a frog as it scissored away from the shore.
What does the use of "scissored" do in this sentence?
creates a metaphor
creates imagery
creates personification
creates a simile
"People got to be meat-eaters sometimes, though. It's the natural way," Miles tells Winnie as they prepare to have another meal of
waffles and sausage
pancakes and bacon
flapjacks
eggs and toast
