Setting
Who owns Treegap Wood?
The Fosters
Ten-year-old girl who lives in the touch-me-not cottage.
Winnie Foster
"I have a paper here, all signed and legal, to prove it. I'm going to sell the water, you see."
The Man in the Yellow Suit
The universal lesson found in a story.
How many years have the Tucks looked the same?
87 years
Why do the Tucks live so far away from other people? Why are they isolated from a community?
They cannot live in a community because people will realize they do not grow older. They will accuse them of being witches.
He is cheerful, carefree, and is enjoying his forever life. He is 17, but has been on earth 104 years.
Jesse Tuck
"We could get married, even. That's be pretty good, wouldn't it! We could have a grand old time, go all around the world, see everything."
Jesse Tuck
What genre is Tuck Everlasting?
Fantasy Fiction
The horse drank the water, but the _____ did not.
cat
Name three important locations where the story takes place.
1) Treegap Wood
2) Winnie's cottage
3) The Tuck's cabin
etc.
She is practical and matter-of-fact about her family's situation. She looks on the bright side and is optimistic.
Mae Tuck
"Life's got to be lived, no matter how long or short. You got to take what comes. We just go along, like everybody else, one day at a time."
Mae Tuck
Why did Miles' wife leave him?
In the story, the source of eternal life is the ______.
spring
The story opens up with three events happening on the same day, the first week of August, 1880? What are the three events?
1) At dawn: Mae Tuck heads to Treegap Wood to meet her two sons, Miles and Jesse; she has not seen them in ten years.
2) At noon, Winnie Foster thinks about running away.
3) At sunset, a stranger (the Man in the Yellow Suit) appears at the Fosters gate looking for someone (a family who never grows old).
At first glance, he appears to be friendly, but he is greedy and only thinks about himself.
The Man in the Yellow Suit
"First they roust me out of bed in the middle of the night, after I been out since sun-up looking for that child, and now I s'pose you're going to try to run me all the way."
The Constable
Tuck Everlasting is written in _____ person
3rd Person
Constable
Why would the plot of Tuck Everlasting not work in a modern-day setting?
Because of technology. The secret of the spring water would be harder to keep if the year was 2023 because of cell phones and the internet.
He is melancholy and bored; he does not like being off the wheel of life.
Angus (Pa) Tuck
"I don't know everyone, nor do I want to. And I don't stand outside in the dark discussing such a thing with strangers. Neither does Winifred. So..."
Winnie's Grandmother
Tuck says his family is _______ like the rowboat and are like ______ beside the road.
1) stuck
2) rocks
Name 4 events that occurred in the Tuck's life that made them realize they were not normal.
1) Jesse fell out of a tree
2) Their horse was shot by hunters
3) Pa got bit by a snake
4) Jesse ate poisonous mushrooms
5) Mae cut herself slicing bread