Literary Luminary
“Well boys, the worst is happening at last”
Mae realizes they need to kidnap Winnie
“He (Miles) looked solid, like an oar, whereas Jesse–well, she decided, Jesse was like water…"
What is a simile?
"She was unprepared for the homely little house beside the pond, unprepared for the gentle eddies of dust, the silver cobwebs, the mouse who lived-and welcome to him!- in a table drawer."
What is "The Tuck's House"?
"All right. I'm one hundred and four years old,' he told her solemnly.
Who is Jesse?
Treegap
What is the name of the town where the Fosters live?
"We all had a drink, except for the cat."
When they realized the spring gave them immortality
"It's a wheel, Winnie. Everything's a wheel."
What is symbolism?
"Here and there the still surface of the water dimpled, and bright rings spread noiselessly and vanished."
Where is the "Pond"?
"Being here with us. I wish you was…ours"
Who is Mae?
Angus
What is Tuck's first name?
"Good girl"
Tuck realizing Winnie listened to him
"The toad blinked again and nodded."
What is personification?
"The cottage where she lived was always squeaking clean, mopped and swept and scoured into limp submission."
Where is "The Foster's House"?
"I’ve got what you want, and you’ve got what I want."
Who is the man in the yellow suit?
Grandma’s elf music
What is Mae's music box?
"You ain't going to do a thing like that to Winnie. And you ain’t going to give out the secret"
Mae before she hits the man in the yellow suit with the shotgun
"A dragonfly, a brilliant blue jewel, darted up and paused over the lily pads, then swung up and away."
What is a metaphor?
"He passed through an archway of wrought-iron curlicues, and paused, squinting...And then, far over to the right, he saw a tall monument once no doubt imposing but now tipped slightly sidewise."
Where is the "Cemetery"?
"It's my toad. So you'd better leave it alone...There. You're safe. Forever."
Who is Winnie?
Anna and another boy
Who are Miles' children?
"Ah! Good evening! May I come in? I have happy news for you. I know where they’ve taken the little girl."
Man in the yellow suit about to blackmail the Tucks
"Closing the gate on her oldest fears as she had closed the gate of her own fenced yard"
What is symbolism? or What is a simile?
"...it’s new wood still unpainted, lamplight spilling through a window at the front. And there, in the cleared yard behind it, like a great L upside down, was the gallows."
Where is the "Jailhouse"?
"The way I see it, it's no good hiding yourself away... And it's no good just thinking of your own pleasure, either. People got to do something useful if they're going to take up space in the world."
Who is Miles?
Jackson
What was Winnie's last name when she died?