Tuck Everlasting - Chapters 1-11

Question 1

How did the Tucks prove to themselves that they wouldn't ever change?

Accepted Answer

Tuck shot himself with a gun.

Question 2

“It’d be nice to have a new name, to start with,one that’s not worn out from being called so much.” What characteristic?

Accepted Answer

exasperated

Question 3

What figure of speech is: "The sun was only just opening its own eye...."

Accepted Answer

Personification

Question 4

Who saw the Tucks take Winnie away?

Accepted Answer

the man in the yellow suit

Question 5

How was the home lifestyle of the Tucks different from that of the Fosters?

Accepted Answer

The Tucks were messy, cluttered, dusty. Fosters were clean, neat, orderly.

Question 6

What point of view is Tuck Everlasting?

Accepted Answer

Third person omniscient

Question 7

In Chapter 1, we find out that the Tuck family has looked exactly the same for 87 years.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 8

Where did Tuck take Winnie to tell her the whole story?

Accepted Answer

in a boat on the pond

Question 9

What do Winnie, her grandmother, and the stranger hear from the wood?

Accepted Answer

a strange melody or music coming from the wood

Question 10

Who made the road to the village of Treegap?

Accepted Answer

Cattle trod a path that people later followed, & the cowpath became a road.

Question 11

What literary technique is when the author leaves you wanting to keep reading?

Accepted Answer

Cliffhanger

Question 12

She came to this country with a fairly ___________ English vocabulary, but she is learning more words every day.

Accepted Answer

meager

Question 13

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

Accepted Answer

She goes every ten years.

Question 14

Central part of a wheel; center around which other things revolve.

Accepted Answer

hub

Question 15

Look for candy necklaces, glow-in-the-dark bracelets, tie-dyed purses, and __________hats.

Accepted Answer

jaunty

Question 16

When something totally unexplainable happens Ms. Ferm becomes _____________at the prospect of seeing her students excel.

Accepted Answer

elated

Question 17

In chapter 11, Winnie said that she wanted to...

Accepted Answer

go home

Question 18

What does the magic spring water make happen?

Accepted Answer

It makes you never get older.

Question 19

Winnie tells the toad why she wants to run away. What does she tell him? (Choose 1 best answer.)

Accepted Answer

All of these.

Question 20

People did not go to the wood. Which of the following are reason why people didn't go into it? (Choose 1 best answer.)

Accepted Answer

All of these reasons.

Question 21

Interrupt this: “But after ten years, then twenty, they had to face the fact that there was something terribly wrong.”

Accepted Answer

The author is establishing the the conflict in the story.

Question 22

Who is the protagonist in story?

Accepted Answer

Winifred Foster

Question 23

Why is Mae Tuck riding into Treegap?

Accepted Answer

to see her sons, Miles and Jesse

Question 24

From whose perspective is the story told?

Accepted Answer

Winnie Foster

Question 25

Who is the author of Tuck Everlasting?

Accepted Answer

Natalie Babbitt

Question 26

Choose the best antonym for peculiar.

Accepted Answer

ordinary

Question 27

“It was another heavy morning . . . and not in the least alarming.” What does the author want to convey? (2 choices)

Accepted Answer

The author is creating the setting., The author is creating the mood.

Question 28

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

Accepted Answer

a music box

Question 29

The stranger is happy after he hears the music. What can the reader INFER from his happiness?

Accepted Answer

He believes he found what he was looking for...

Question 30

The garage was in such ________________ that I could find the lawnmower! What word would make sense>

Accepted Answer

disarray

Question 31

what time of the year does the story take place?

Accepted Answer

the first week of August

Question 32

Immense means...

Accepted Answer

enormous

Question 33

What genre is Tuck Everlasting?

Accepted Answer

Fantasy

Question 34

The mood or feeling at the beginning of the book is ___________________.

Accepted Answer

The reader is left with the feeling that something disastrous will happen.

Question 35

In the book, how old is Jesse?

Accepted Answer

104

Question 36

What is the definition of exasperated?

Accepted Answer

to bother or annoy to the point of causing anger

Question 37

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

Accepted Answer

Personification

Question 38

Choose the best synonym for indomitable.

Accepted Answer

invincible

Question 39

What is the problem in the story?

Accepted Answer

The Tuck Family lives forever, and they have to keep the family secret.

Question 40

Who did NOT drink the magic water when it was first discovered?

Accepted Answer

the cat

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