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Tuck Everlasting, Prologue - Ch.13

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 43mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What word means: sadness or depression of spirits?

(vocab. packet)

a)

oppressive

b)

scornful

c)

melancholy

d)

cavernous

2.

Which word means: not connected with or relevant to something?

(vocab. packet)

a)

irrelevantly

b)

melancholy

c)

peculiar

d)

pitiless

3.

Which word means: impossible to defeat?

(vocab. packet)

a)

vigorous

b)

balmy

c)

silty

d)

indomitable

4.

Which word means: strange or odd?

(vocab. packet)

a)

peculiar

b)

shamelessly

c)

tangent

d)

decisively

5.

Choose the synonym for silty.

(vocab. packet)

a)

lively

b)

spacious

c)

harsh

d)

sandy

6.

Choose the synonym for pitiless.

(vocab. packet)

a)

lively

b)

harsh

c)

unbeatable

d)

sandy

7.

What three things happen in the prologue that do not seem connected at first?

a)

Mae Tuck set out on her horse.

b)

Winnie thought about running away.

c)

The horse got stolen.

d)

A stranger appeared at the Foster's gate.

e)

Winnie talks to a toad.

8.

How long has the Tuck family looked the same?

(a)  

9.

In Chapter 4, what does Winnie's grandmother claim is making the music they hear from the woods?

a)

a radio

b)

the church

c)

elves

d)

there's no music coming from the woods

10.

In Chapter 6, who does the Tuck family pass on the way to their house?

a)

an elf

b)

the man in the yellow suit

c)

Winnie's grandmother

11.

In Chapter 9, how does Angus Tuck feel about meeting Winnie?

a)

sad

b)

scared

c)

mad

d)

happy

12.

Who steals the Tuck's horse in Chapter 13?

a)

Winnie

b)

the elves

c)

the man in the yellow suit

d)

Winnie's father

13.

Why was Winnie thinking about running away?

4 lines
14.

What is Mae Tuck's special object?

(page 11)

a)

an elf

b)

her horse

c)

her hat

d)

her music box

15.

Why can't the Tuck's stay in one place for very long?

a)

because no one likes them

b)

people will notice they never change or age

c)

because they have to find their lost dog