Tuck Everlasting Chapters 9-17

How do the Tucks make the trip to their house easier on Winnie?

• Mae gives her suntan lotion and Jesse carries her part of the way.
• Mae rides with her on the horse, and Miles gives her some water.
• Mae gives her a hat to shield the sun, and Miles carries her part of the way.
• Mae sings her a song and Miles tells her interesting stories about his childhood.

How does Angus Tuck respond to meeting Winnie?

• He seems nervous to meet her.

• He seems happy and excited to meet her.

• He seems angry.

• He seems sad.

Why does Winnie like the Tucks' house so much?

• It is very neat and organized.
• It is filled with modern conveniences.
• It is sloppy, but she likes the 5 big rooms on the first floor.
• It is sloppy and so different from her home, but she feels comfortable there.

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.

"The sun was dropping fast now, a soft red sliding egg yolk, and already to the East there was a darkening to purple."  What is being compared with the metaphor in this sentence?

• The sun to purple
• An egg to a cloud
• Darkness to the East
• The sun to an egg yolk

According to Mr. Tuck, "...dying is a part of the wheel, right next to being born.  You can't pick the pieces you like and leave the rest.  Being part of the whole thing, that is the blessing.  But it's passing us by, us Tucks."  What did Mr. Tuck mean by these words?

• He and his family are very blessed because they get to live forever.  
• He is missing pieces of his past because he has lived a long time and forgotten a lot.
• He believes his family is not blessed because they are no longer part of the circle of life.
• He thinks life is passing them by because he is getting older and will not have any more children.

According to Mr. Tuck, "So you can't call it a living, what we got.  We just are, we just be, like rocks beside the road."  What point was Mr. Tuck trying to make with this simile?

• They are similar to rocks in the road, never growing older or changing.
• They can remember the rocks in the road that have been there forever.
• The Tucks want to be like rocks in the road.  They want to live forever.
• The Tucks have always lived beside the road because they always seem to be traveling.

What happens when Mr. Tuck and Winnie are coming back from their boat ride?

• Miles tells them that their horse was stolen.
• Jesse tells them that the man in the yellow suit stopped by.
• Miles tells them that Winnie's parents are looking for her.
• Jesse tells them that their dinner is getting cold.

What happens between the man in the yellow suit and the Fosters?

• The Fosters hired the man in the yellow suit to find their daughter.
• The Fosters are angry with the man in the yellow suit because they think he kidnapped their daughter, Winnie.
• The man in the yellow suit is blackmailing the family into giving him the wood in exchange for information on their daughter, Winnie.
• The man in the yellow suit is pretending to know where Winnie is so the family will give him a reward.

Why did the man in the yellow suit end up going to the Tuck's house alone?

• The family was afraid to go with him.
• The constable was sleeping and told him he would go in the morning.
• The man in the yellow suit didn't tell anyone he was going there.
• The constable could not keep up with him, and plans to meet him there.