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Tuck Everlasting Comprehension Check 2 - Chapters 12-20

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Where did Tuck take Winnie to talk?

a)

The pond

b)

The shed

c)

The wood

d)

The stream

2.

How does Tuck describe life and death to Winnie?

a)

The Earth and Moon

b)

By using the pond

c)

A wheel

3.

Who stole the Tuck's horse?

a)

Winnie's father

b)

Jesse

c)

The man in the yellow suit

d)

The sheriff

4.

What does the man in the yellow suit want in return for bringing Winnie back?

a)

The wood

b)

The touch-me-not-cottage

c)

The Tucks arrested

d)

Treegap the town

5.

What metaphor does Tuck use in comparison to the lake?

a)
He compares enemies with flesh-eating piranha.
b)
Water, like life, looks the same.  But it's really always in motion.
c)
Water is cold and dark, just like life.
d)
The surface reveals the soul, like a mirror.
6.
Which of the following Tuck family members does NOT check on Winnie in the middle of the night?
a)
Mr. Tuck
b)
Mae Tuck
c)
Miles Tuck
d)
Jesse Tuck
7.
How does the Man in the Yellow Suit describe the Tuck family?
a)
illiterate, rough country people
b)
intelligent, reasonable people
c)
good friends of his
d)
wanted criminals
8.
What did Winnie decide during the boat ride with Miles?
a)
She would rather marry Miles than Jesse.
b)
The Tuck's secret would be safe with her.
c)
It is important to come home with plenty of fish.
d)
Miles was not a very good father to his children.
9.

What has the constable never seen in his 15 years of work?

a)

A kidnapping

b)

Woods as beautiful as the Tucks

10.

Why does Mae say she hit the man in the yellow suit over the head?

a)

"He was going to find our secret."

b)

"He was taking the child away."

c)

"He didn't deserve the Fosters' wood."

d)

"He has always been our enemy."

11.

What does Winnie say that shocks the constable?

a)

She says she knows something that will make him very, very rich.

b)

She says not to bother shooting the Tucks because they will not die.

c)

She says the man in the yellow suit is the criminal, not the Tucks.

d)

She says she wasn't kidnapped by the Tucks; she says she wanted to go with them.

12.

Why does Winnie (and the rest of the Tuck family) know that Mae Tuck must NOT get the gallows as punishment?

a)

Because she's afraid of heights.

b)

Because nobody wants to see her executed.

c)

Because she did the right thing by hitting the man in the yellow suit over the head.

d)

Because anyone watching Mae at the gallows will see she cannot die.

13.

How does the man in the yellow suit realize that the Tucks are the family whom his grandmother had told him about?

a)

The Tucks match the photographs his grandmother had given him

b)

He recognized the tune that Mae's music box plays

c)

He overheard the story told by Mae, Jesse, and Miles to Winnie

d)

Both b and C

14.

What does the man in the yellow suit plan to do with the Foster's woods?

a)

He wants to tear it down to make room for buildings

b)

He wants to sell it to people who want to live in the woods

c)

He is going to sell the spring water, but only to people who deserve it

d)

He is going to keep the spring water all to himself so he can live forever, but no one else will be able to

15.

What character trait best fits the man in the yellow suit?

a)

helpful

b)

patient

c)

greedy

d)

cruel