WorksheetsTuck Everlasting Ch. 20-23
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Who does Winnie wrap her arms around and press her cheek into their chest to avoid seeing Mae hit the man in the yellow suit over the head with the shotgun?
Jesse
Miles
Tuck
The constable
Why does Mae say she hit the man in the yellow suit over the head?
"He was going to find our secret."
"He was taking the child away."
"He didn't deserve the Fosters' wood."
"He has always been our enemy."
What does Winnie say that shocks the constable?
She says she knows something that will make him very, very rich.
She says not to bother shooting the Tucks because they will not die.
She says the man in the yellow suit is the criminal, not the Tucks.
She says she wasn't kidnapped by the Tucks; she says she wanted to go with them.
INFERENCE: Why does Tuck look at the man in the yellow suit enviously (wishing he could have what the man in the yellow suit has)?
Tuck wishes he had clothes as nice as the man in the yellow suit.
Tuck wishes he owned the Fosters' woods like the man in the yellow suit is going to.
Tuck wishes so badly that he, too, could be dying, like the man in the yellow suit seems to be.
Tuck wishes he was smart like the man in the yellow suit.
Why does Winnie (and the rest of the Tuck family) know that Mae Tuck must NOT get the gallows as punishment?
Because she's afraid of heights.
Because nobody wants to see her executed.
Because she did the right thing by hitting the man in the yellow suit over the head.
Because anyone watching Mae at the gallows will see she cannot die.
Back at home with her family, what does Winnie do to try to soothe herself?
Rocks in her little rocking chair.
Sings the song to heself from Mae's music box.
Pets the bullfrog she brought in from outside.
Takes a hot bath.
What type of weather is happening outside Winnie's window while she tries to soothe herself?
Hot, white sun.
Throbbing heat lightning.
Heavy downpour.
Steady breeze.
The constable arrives at the Fosters' doorstep with what news?
The man in the yellow suit is in a coma.
The man in the yellow suit has died.
The man in the yellow suit woke up.
The man in the yellow suit has disappeared.
What does Winnie compare Mae killing the man in the yellow suit to?
Herself smashing a wasp with a book.
An elephant stepping on a mouse with its feet.
A baseball player hitting a home run with a bat.
Her grandmother swatting at a fly with a fly swatter.
Winnie is worried about WHO being so thirsty outside the Foster house?
Miles
Jesse
Tuck
The toad
Grandmother says toads don't drink water. Instead, she says...
they get moisture from eating plants
they absorb rain through their skin
they don't need water at all
they get water when they swim
Jesse comes to see Winnie by her fence. Who does he say made a plan to help break Mae out of jail?
Miles, with his carpenter knowledge
Tuck, with his brute strength
Himself (Jesse) with his sneakiness to get the keys
There is no plan
What does Jesse give Winnie before he leaves her yard?
His jacket.
Mae's music box.
A bottle of spring water.
A kiss.
What help does Winnie offer to help Mae break out of jail?
Winnie says she will cause a distraction at the front of the jail.
Winnie offers to climb in the jail cell to take Mae's place so no one knows she's missing.
Winnie offers to hide Mae at her house after she has escaped.
Winnie says she will provid the rope that Mae will use to climb down the jail wall.
What time is Winnie waiting for on the clock at her house?
11:00pm
11:30pm
11:45pm
Midnight
How does the sky seem to change before the story's climax (most intense moment)?
The clouds clear up and the stars shine through.
A thick, orangey haze falls across the land.
Dark clouds roll in with hailstones falling from them.
The sky doesn't change; it stays blue.
Where does Winnie hide the bottle of water Jesse gave her?
Under her bed.
Behind a bookshelf.
In a coat pocket.
Inside a bureau drawer.
Why does Winnie feel guilty?
Sneaking out at midnight without telling her family will be the second dishonest/dangerous thing she has recently done.
She is sad she hasn't been able to help the Tuck's plan Mae's escape.
She doesn't plan on ever drinking the bottle of spring water, which will let Jesse down.
She steals her family's shotgun to take with her to the jail.
What gives Winnie a soft, pleasant feeling?
Knowing the Tucks need her now as much as she needed them.
Knowing her parents and grandmother are so happy to have her home.
Knowing her friend the toad would be waiting for her when she got back from the jail.
Knowing she would live forever if she drank the spring water.
The overall mood/tone of Chapter 23, the day before the jailbreak, is one of...
Excitement
Fear
Anger
Waiting
