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Tuck Everlasting: Ch. 12-15

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which member of the Tuck family first takes Winnie out on the pond?

a)

Jesse

b)

Miles

c)

Mae

d)

Tuck

2.

Lots of wildlife can be heard and seen in and around the pond. Which animal sound does Winnie continue to hear over and over again?

a)

Geese

b)

Bullfrogs

c)

Rattlesnake(s)

d)

Buzzing insects

3.

What circular thing does Tuck compare living and dying to?

a)

Ferris wheel

b)

Moon orbit

c)

Water cycle

d)

Merry-go-round

4.

Tuck says he wants to _________ and _________ again.

a)

grow, change

b)

be young, live freely

c)

sleep, dream

d)

live in public, meet people

5.

Tuck talks about how chaotic it would be if lots of people found out about the spring. He says they would all come to it like ________ to _________.

a)

flies, trash

b)

wolves, fresh meat

c)

moths, flame

d)

pigs, slop

6.

Tuck predicts if people young and old drank from the spring, there would be too many people living forever, not changing, just like ____________.

a)

rocks beside the road

b)

boats stuck by a fallen log

c)

fish frozen in ice

d)

the sun hanging in the summer sky

7.

Miles shouts to Tuck and Winnie that something bad has happened while they were out on the pond. What happened?

a)

Jesse ran away.

b)

Winnie's parents came looking for her.

c)

The Tuck horse has been stolen.

d)

There's a wild thunderstorm on the horizon.

8.

The man in the yellow suit has stolen the Tuck horse. He first used to to go where?

a)

To the spring.

b)

To the police.

c)

To Winnie's parents' house.

d)

To the town center.

9.

Where does Winnie sleep at the Tuck house?

a)

Upstairs in the loft near Miles and Jesse.

b)

Tuck gives up his side of the bed to Winnie and sleeps on the downstairs couch.

c)

On a chair cushion in the kitchen area.

d)

On the sofa with a chair cushion as a pillow.

10.

Winnie receives three visitors in the middle of the night while she's trying to sleep. In what order do they hover over her to talk to her?

a)

Tuck, Mae, Jesse

b)

Miles, Jesse, Tuck

c)

Mae, Miles, Jesse

d)

Mae, Tuck, Jesse

11.

What idea does Jesse suggest Winnie 'think on'?

a)

Drinking from the spring when she turns 17.

b)

Moving in with the Tucks instead of going home.

c)

Returning home and forgetting she ever met the Tucks.

d)

What job she wants to have when she grows up.

12.

The man in the yellow suit tells Winnie's family he knows where she is and will go retrieve her IF...

a)

They pay him a large amount of money.

b)

They let him take ownership of the woodland next door.

c)

They promise to press charges against the Tuck family.

d)

They let him marry Winnie.

13.

How does the man in the yellow suit say they should make the trade official?

a)

Cross their hearts and hope to die.

b)

Get the town constable to witness the agreement.

c)

Shake on it.

d)

Write it up on papers and sign it.

14.

VOCABULARY: Which adjective best describes Tuck's overall attitude toward immortailty (living forever)?

a)

Ecstatic

b)

Nonplussed

c)

Regretful

d)

Apprehensive

15.

VOCABULARY: Which adjective best describes Jesse's attitude toward immortailty?

a)

Optimistic

b)

Obstinate

c)

Ostentatious

d)

Olfactory

16.

VOCABULARY: Which adjective best describes the behavior of the man in the yellow suit?

a)

Generous

b)

Devious

c)

Precious

d)

Obvious