Tuck Everlasting Chapter 7

Why is it so important for Winnie to keep the Tuck's secret?

• The Tucks don't want to share the water because they are greedy.
• The Tucks don't want lots of people in the woods.
• The Tucks are breaking the law.
• If others drink the water, they will be immortal, too.

Why has living forever not always been fun for the Tucks?

• They lost their family, friends, and have to move around a lot.
• Jesse really wanted to get older but he can't now.
• The Tucks hate keeping secrets.
• Jesse wanted to break his neck and die when he fell from the tree.

Who overheard the Tuck's secret?

• Winnie's mother
• Winnie's grandmother
• The man in the yellow suit
• The frog

How could the Tuck's home be described?

• neat and tidy
• large and spacious
• messy but comfortable
• surrounded by a metal fence

How does Tuck describe life to Winnie?

• Life is like a box of chocolates.  You never know what you're gonna get.
• Life is like a prison.  You're trapped in your body.
• Life is like the water cycle.  The pond goes into the ocean and then back to the atmosphere until it comes down as rain again.
• Life is like a blink of an eye.  It's short and shouldn't be wasted.

What does Jesse suggest to Winnie as she is falling asleep for the night?

• She should run away during the night and head home.
• They should go fishing in the morning.
• She should stay with them and never go home.
• She should drink from the spring when she turns 17 and then marry Jesse.

What did Tuck say about dying?

• It was part of living
• It was unneccessary
• It was scary
• It was his friend

Why do the Tucks have to move every 20 years or so? 

• So they can find other springs of water to drink.
• Because they get bored with the people in their neighborhood.
• So the people around them do not get suspicious.
• Because after 20 years their looks begin to change a little and they have to move on.

When it is discovered that Winnie knows of the Tuck's secret water, Mae...

• panics and screams
• shakes Winnie, making her promise never to tell
• tosses Winnie onto the horse, taking her with them
• sends her home to her parents

Why does Miles interrupt Winnie and Tuck's conversation at the end of Chapter 11?

• Someone has stolen the Tucks' horse
• Mae has fallen and hurt herself
• Jesse is missing
• The stranger has arrived at the Tuck's house