Tuckeverlasting Test

Mae brushed her gray-brown hair and wound it into a bun at the back of her neck. She did this quickly and skillfully without a single glance in the mirror. Mae Tuck didn’t need a mirror, though she had one propped up on the washstand. She knew very well what she would see in it; her reflection had long since ceased to interest her. For Mae Tuck, and her husband, and Miles and Jesse, too, had all looked exactly the same for eighty-seven years. Mae Tuck is unusual because

• she hasn’t aged in eighty-seven years.

• she is eighty-seven years old.

• she doesn’t know what she looks like.

• she fixes her hair without using a mirror.

Mae brushed her gray-brown hair and wound it into a bun at the back of her neck. She did this quickly and skillfully without a single glance in the mirror. Mae Tuck didn’t need a mirror, though she had one propped up on the washstand. She knew very well what she would see in it; her reflection had long since ceased to interest her. For Mae Tuck, and her husband, and Miles and Jesse, too, had all looked exactly the same for eighty-seven years. Which of the following can we conclude?

• This story is based on a newspaper article.

• This story will have a happy ending

• This story is a fantasy

• Mae and her children are normal in every way.

In Chapter 6 Winnie is upset because

• she is frightened of the elf music.

• the music comes from a music box, not elves

• the Tucks have kidnapped her.

• she and the Tucks are lost in the woods

How do the Tucks feel about Winnie?

• They are concerned about her.

• They think she is overreacting.

• They don’t care about her feelings.

• They dislike her.

In Chapter 6 Mae Tuck

• admits she is a bad person.

• isn’t worried about Winnie.

• doesn’t listen to her children.

• acts motherly towards Winnie.

When Mae said, “Tomorrow,” Winnie’s sobs turned to wails. Tomorrow! It was like being told she would be kept away forever. She wanted to go home now, at once, rush back to the safety of the fence and her mother’s voice from the window. Mae reached out to her, but she twisted away, her hands over her face, and gave herself up to weeping. “This is awful!” said Jesse. “Can’t you do something, Ma? The poor little tad.” “We ought to’ve had some better plan than this,” said Miles. “That’s the truth,” said Mae helplessly. “The dear Lord knows there’s been time enough to think of one, and it had to happen sooner or later. We been plain bone lucky it hasn’t before now. But I never expected it’d be a child!” She reached distractedly into the pocket of her skirt and took out the music box and, without thinking, twisted the winding key with trembling fingers. When the tinkling little melody began, Winnie’s sobbing slowed. Jesse and Miles are unhappy because

• Mae is embarrassed.

• Winnie is hot and tired.

• They should have had a better plan than kidnapping Winnie.

• Mae should have called the police for the Man in the yellow suit instead of taking the law into her own hands.

When the tinkling little melody began, Winnie’s sobbing slowed. She stood by the stream, her hands still over her face, and listened. Yes, it was the same music she had heard the night before. Somehow it calmed her. It was like a ribbon tying her to familiar things. She thought, “When I get home, I’ll tell Granny it wasn’t elf music after all.” She wiped her face as well as she could with her wet hands and turned to Mae. “That’s the music I heard last night,” she managed between recovering snuffles. “When I was out in my yard. My granny said it was elves.” is an example of

• a flashback.

• a simile.

• an exaggeration.

• foreshadowing

And then a final visitor made her confusion complete. There was a creaking on the loft stairs and Jesse was looking down at her, very beautiful and eager in the faint blue moonlight. “Hey, Winnie Foster,” he whispered. “You asleep?” This time she sat up, pulling the quilt around her in sudden embarrassment, and answered, “No, not yet.” “Well then, listen.” He knelt beside her, his curls tumbled and his eyes wide. “I been thinking it over. Pa’s right about you having to keep the secret. It’s not hard to see why. But the thing is, you knowing about the water already, and living right next to it so’s you could go there any time, well, listen, how’d it be if you was to wait till you’re seventeen, same age as me—heck, that’s only six years off—and then you could go and drink some, and then you could go away with me! We could get married, even. That’d be pretty good, wouldn’t it! We could have a grand old time, go all around the world, see everything. Listen, Ma and Pa and Miles, they don’t know how to enjoy it, what we got. Why, heck, Winnie, life’s to enjoy yourself, isn’t it? What else is it good for? That’s what I say. And you and me, we could have a good time that never, never stopped. Wouldn’t that be something?” Once more Winnie adored him, kneeling there beside her in the moonlight. He wasn’t crazy. How could he be? He was just—amazing. But she was struck dumb. All she could do was stare at him. “You think on it, Winnie Foster,” Jesse whispered earnestly. “Think on it some and see if it don’t sound good. Anyway, I’ll see you in the morning. All right?” “All right,” she managed to whisper in return. He slipped away then, back up the creaking steps, but Winnie sat upright, wide awake, her cheeks burning. She could not deal with this remarkable suggestion, she could not “think on it.” For she didn’t know what to believe about anything. What does Winnie think of Jesse’s offer that she can drink the water and marry him?

• She is sure she will do it.

• She doesn’t want to go away with him.

• She doesn’t know what to believe or think.

• She doesn’t want to wait six years.

A good title for Chapter 14 would be

• “Winnie Learns of the Magic Water.”

• “A Typical Evening With the Tucks.”

• “Winnie’s Bedtime Routine.”

• “Jesse’s Proposal.”

How does Jesse feel about living forever?

• He wishes he got older like normal people.

• He thinks Miles enjoys it more than he does.

• He thinks it is nothing but trouble.

• He actually enjoys it.