Vocabulary
An adjective meaning strange, odd, or unusual.
Peculiar
The place Winnie decides to go when she first thinks about running away.
The wood/forest
This character, at the age of 10, is the main protagonist who is feeling bored and wants to run away.
Winnie Foster
The Tucks realized that would live forever when this family pet didn't die after 20 years.
The cat
What image is on the cover of the novel?
A girl holding a toad
To move in a slow, easy, or relaxed pace, often without a specific goal.
Ambled
The items Mae brings with her to meet her sons.
A music box
This is the man who comes to the Foster's house looking for information.
The Man in the Yellow Suit
This is the number of years the Tuck family has been immortal when the story begins.
87 years
What is the father's (Tuck) first name?
Angus
A feeling of deep sadness or gloom, like how you feel on a very rainy day when you can't go outside.
Melancholy
The name of the month when the story of Winnie and the Tucks begin.
August
She is the oldest member of the Tuck family and believes her life is too complicated.
Mae Tuck
What animal was responsible for the road around the wood?
Cows
Who is the author of the novel, "Tuck Everlasting"?
Natalie Babbitt
A term for a sudden, sharp change in direction or subject. Going off on a different path.
Tangent
How often do Miles and Jesse return home?
Every ten years
This character is the 104-year-old youngest son of the Tuck family who Winnie sees drinking from the spring.
Jessie Tuck
Who stops Winnie from drinking water from the spring?
Jesse
If Winnie is the protagonist in the novel, who would the antagonist be?
The man in the yellow suit
An adverb meaning you are doing something stubbornly. You are doing the opposite of what is expected just to be difficult.
Perversely
What happened to Miles' family?
His wife left him and took the kids. She thought he was involved in witch craft because he didn't age.
This is the husband of Mae, who dreams about heaven and is often melancholy.
Angus Tuck
Who follows Winnie, Jesse, Miles and Mae back to the Tuck's house?
The man in the yellow suit
What year was the novel "Tuck Everlasting" published?
1975