Reading : Tuck Everlasting Comprehension Questions - Prologue - Chapter Two

Question 1

What was not one of the three things that happened on that day in August?

Accepted Answer

A fat toad sits in the woods

Question 2

Ch 1 --Who made the road to Treegap?

Accepted Answer

cows

Question 3

Why didn’t people go through the woods?

Accepted Answer

there is no road through the woods, The Fosters owned the woods, the road went around the woods, it was private property

Question 4

What do we find out when Mae does not look in the mirror?

Accepted Answer

she hasn't changed in 87 years

Question 5

Mae sat there frowning, a great potato of a woman….” This is:

Accepted Answer

metaphor

Question 6

What was the one pretty thing Mae owned?

Accepted Answer

music box

Question 7

What was at the center of the things that happened on the day in August?

Accepted Answer

the woods

Question 8

Ch 2 -- What is Mae Tuck excited about?

Accepted Answer

seeing her sons -- Miles and Jesse

Question 9

“The house is so proud of itself.” This is what type of figurative language?

Accepted Answer

personification

Question 10

What does Tuck dream about?

Accepted Answer

heaven and never having heard of Treegap

Question 11

What is Winnie's connection to the woods?

Accepted Answer

The Fosters (her family) owned the woods

Question 12

At what time of the year does the story begin?

Accepted Answer

the first week of August

Question 13

Who is Tuck?

Accepted Answer

Mae's husband

Question 14

What is not listed as one of the three things that are important?

Accepted Answer

toad

Question 15

What does the author compare to August?

Accepted Answer

the highest seat of a Ferris Wheel

Question 16

The mood at the beginning of the book is:

Accepted Answer

expectant

Question 17

"The wood was at the center, the hub of the wheel." The author uses the wheel as:

Accepted Answer

symbolism

Question 18

What disaster would have happened if people had gone to the woods?

Accepted Answer

people would have found the spring by the Ash tree

Question 19

Who is Winnie Foster?

Accepted Answer

Winnie is the only child of the Fosters.

Question 20

How long has it been since Mae went to Treegap?

Accepted Answer

ten years

Questions 20