Tuck Everlasting Chapter 4-5

What time of year does the story take place?

• the beginning of summer

• the end of winter

• the first week in November

• the first week of August

The mood or feeling at the beginning of the book is

• expectant - the reader is left with the feeling that something will happen, maybe something disastrous

• somber - the reader feels sad

• peaceful - the reader has a feeling of calm, as if nothing will happen

On that day in August, three things happen. Which of the following is NOT one of those things?

• Mae Tuck rides to Treegap to meet her sons.

• Winnie Foster walks home from school in Treegap.

• Winnie Foster thinks about running away.

• A stranger appears at the Foster's gate.

Who made the road to the village of Treegap?

• Bears trod a path that people later followed.

• Cattle trod the path that people later followed, and the cowpath became the road.

• The Fosters built the road so it would go directly to their house.

• The Tucks built the road to be sure it went around the wood and not through it.

In the middle of page 4, Natalie Babbitt tells her readers that only three things are important. Which of the following is NOT one of those things?

• the first house, the one with the touch-me-not appearance

• the road

• the wood

• the village

People did not go to the wood. Which of the following are reasons why people didn't go into the wood? Choose the best answer.

• The road went around the wood.

• The Foster's owned the wood.

• The wood was private property.

• All of these

Why is Mae Tuck riding to Treegap?

• to visit the Foster's

• to buy groceries

• to see her sons, Miles and Jesse

• to bother the people of Treegap

How long has it been since Mae last went to Treegap?

• ten years

• two years

• she has never been to Treegap

• she goes every week

What is the special object that Mae Tuck keeps in her pocket?

• a pocket knife

• a music box

• a gold nugget

• a lucky rabbit's foot

"Mae sat there frowning, a great potato of a woman..." This sentence is an example of what literary device?

• foreshadowing

• metaphor

• personification

• alliteration