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Tuck Everlasting Assessment

Total questions: 45

Worksheet time: 4hrs 37mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Prologue: What three things the author said were connected but don’t seem connected?

a)

Spring, summer, and fall.

b)

the Tucks, Winnie, and the man in the yellow suit.

c)

August, a Ferris wheel, and rain.

2.

Chapter 1-The road didn’t go through the woods because

a)

the cows walked around it instead.

b)

the Fosters wouldn’t allow it.

c)

there were too many trees to cut down to make it.

3.

Chapter 2-The author implies (hints) Mr. Tuck

a)

loves living forever.

b)

no longer wants to be immortal.

c)

thinks his wife shouldn’t go into Treegap.

4.

Chapter 3-The author implies (hints) Winnie is lonely because she

a)

is sassy to her mother.

b)

lives in the country.

c)

talks to a toad.

5.

Chapter 4-The man in the yellow suit

a)

catches fireflies with Winnie.

b)

plays music for Winnie’s grandmother.

c)

is looking for a family.

6.

Chapter 5-An internal conflict Winnie deals with is

a)

how far she should walk into the wood.

b)

telling Jesse she has a crush on him.

c)

whether or not to run away.

7.

Chapter 6-The Tucks are different from other kidnappers because they

a)

feel bad about what they are doing.

b)

let Winnie ride their horse.

c)

throw Winnie into a blanket and take her away.

8.

How long have the Tucks been everlasting?

a)

10 years

b)

87 years

c)

104 years

d)

17 years

9.

What was one thing that happened to the Tucks, which helped them reazlize they could live forever?

a)

The car fell off a tree, but still lived.

b)

Jesse fell out of the tree & landed on his head, but didn't die.

c)

Pa got bit by a tiger.

d)

Mae got in a car accident, but didn't get hurt.

10.

What makes the Tucks live forever?

a)

Magic Portion

b)

A wish made many years ago

c)

Medicine

d)

Spring in the wood

11.

What caused the music that came from the wood?

a)

Elves

b)

Violin

c)

Music Box

12.

How old did Jesse say he was FIRST?

a)

104 years old

b)

17 years old

c)

70 years old

d)

14 years old

13.

When does the story take place?

a)

The first week of April

b)

The last week in August

c)

The first week in August

d)

The middle of June

14.

Winnie's grandmother thought the music came from (a)   .

15.

Who does the man say he is looking for?

a)

A friend.

b)

A family.

c)

A man.

d)

No one.

16.

What is one trait that describes Winnie Foster?

a)

dependent

b)

anxious

c)

curious

d)

angry

17.

Why didn't Jesse want Winnie to drink from the spring that morning?

a)

It was dirty water.

b)

The spring was poisonous to those who drank from it.

c)

Drinking from the spring would mean living forever.

d)

He was selfish.

18.

Who was following the Tucks and Winnie?

a)

the elves

b)

Winnie's family

c)

Angus

d)

the man in the yellow suit

19.

Why don't the Tucks stay anywhere for very long?

a)

people get to wonderin'

b)

they love to travel

c)

they have to move with their cattle

d)

they never leave their home

20.
Who DIDN'T drink from the spring?
a)
The horse
b)
Mae
c)
The cat
d)
Jesse
21.
What did pa do to the tree by the spring?
a)
Cut it down
b)
Carve "Tuck"
c)
Left it alone
d)
Carve a "T" on it 
22.
How was the home lifestyle of the Tucks different from that of the Fosters?
a)
The Tucks were very rich and owned land.
b)
The Fosters traveled the world and no one in the Tuck family had left the town of Treegap.
c)
The Tucks all had jobs and the Fosters didn't work.
d)
The Tucks were messy, cluttered, dusty.  Fosters were clean, neat, orderly.
23.

Chap. 15-The man in the yellow suit is willing to tell the Fosters where Winnie is if they

a)

Agree to pay him money

b)

Buy him a horse

c)

Give him the wood

24.

Chap. 12-The man in the yellow suit probably rides ahead of the constable because

a)

He doesn't want to talk

b)

He's worried about Winnie

c)

He thinks the Tucks are going to leave before he can get to their house

25.

Chap. 11-The Tucks brought Winnie to their home

a)

So they can keep her

b)

To convince her she can't tell anyone about the spring

c)

To show her how they live

26.

Chap. 12-Tuck tells Winnie if people knew about the spring they would

a)

Cut down the wood

b)

Sell the water

c)

Trample each other to get to it

27.

Chap.14-The reader knows Mae and Tuck care for Winnie because they

a)

Both check on her in the middle of the night

b)

Promise they'll take her home

c)

Won't let her drink from the spring

28.

2. How does Winnie first meet the Tucks?

a)

She hears the music box in the wood and follows the sound.

b)

She chases the toad into the wood.

c)

She wants to explore the wood, and she stumbles upon Jesse Tuck.

d)

She decides to run away from home forever.

29.

5. How did the constable (policeman) know that Mae should be arrested?

a)

She admitted she was guilty.

b)

Tuck told him that she did it.

c)

The man in the yellow suit told him she was guilty.

d)

He saw Mae Tuck commit (do) the crime.

30.

10. At the beginning of the story, why does the author describe the wood as strange?

a)

It’s the meeting place for the Tucks.

b)

Because even the cows wouldn’t go in them.

c)

The man in the yellow suit wants them.

d)

There is a huge tree in the middle of them.

31.

11. True or False: Jesse wanted Winnie to wait until she was older to drink water from the spring.

a)

True

b)

False

32.

12. True or False: Miles’s wife knew the man in the yellow suit’s grandmother.

a)

True

b)

False

33.

13. True or False: The man in the yellow suit planned on destroying the spring after he drank from it.

a)

True

b)

False

34.

14. True or False: The Tucks were wealthy and cold people.

a)

True

b)

False

35.

15. True or False: Winnie thought the Tucks were criminals at one point.

a)

True

b)

False

36.

16. True or False: Winnie poured the spring water Jesse gave her on the dirt.

a)

True

b)

False

37.

17. What are TWO things that helped the escape plan for Mae work?

a)

There was a storm and the constable went home

b)

There was a storm and Winnie pretended to be Mae

c)

Jesse was a carpenter and there was a storm

d)

The jailhouse was old and easy to break into and there was a storm

38.
Which quote from the novel best states the theme?
a)
"Don't be afraid of death; be afraid of an unlived life.  You don't have to live forever, you just have to live."
b)
"And suddenly, she longed for a thunderstorm."
c)
"I'm one hundred and four years old," he told her solemnly.
d)
"If a person owns a piece of land, does he own it all the way down...?"
39.
In Chapter 25, Winnie uses the spring water that Jesse gave her to save which of the following?
a)
fish 
b)
toad
c)
dog 
d)
her grandmother who was very sick 
40.
Though Winnie had shamed her parents, the children in town...
a)
were afraid of her
b)
were impressed by her
c)
shunned her
41.
When the Tucks came back to Treegap, the wood and the Foster's cottage...
a)
were gone
b)
hadn't changed
c)
had been made into a park
42.
The wood had been destroyed by...
a)
an earthquake
b)
a lumber company
c)
a fire caused by an electrical storm
43.
In the Epilogue, Tuck found Winnie's name...
a)
in a newspaper
b)
on a tombstone
c)
in the company name printed on the side of an old feed-and-grain store
44.
According to the Epilogue, Winnie had...
a)
married, had children, and died
b)
destroyed the spring
c)
left Treegap years ago
45.
Which line from the novel signifies the resolution of the novel?
a)
"Look here, Winnie Foster," said Jesse.  "We're friends, we really are.  But you got to help us."
b)
"Just the same, we got to get you home again, Winnie," said Tuck.
c)
Winnie thought about the peril to the frogs, and sighed. "It'd be nice," she said, "if nothing ever had to die."
d)
"Well, where to now, Tuck?  No need to come back here no more."