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How long has the Tuck family looked exactly the same?
87 years
What nickname does the author give to the Fosters’ cottage?
Touch- me- not cottage
Balmy
Pleasant and mild referring to weather
Tangent
Going off plan
“The road was like the ribbon of a girl’s bonnet”
Simile
When Mae leaves the cottage to meet her sons what item does she bring with her?
Music Box
In what month does the setting take place?
August
Console
To comfort
Melancholy
A feeling of sadness
Mae sat down frowning, a great potato of a woman.
Metaphor
What does Winnie’s grandmother claim is making the music they hear from the woods?
Elves
Who overhears the Tuck's story?
The man in the yellow suit
Disheartened
To feel a loss of spirit or drive
Resentful
Feeling bitterness, something is not fair.
The man had a thin apologetic beard.
Personification
What animal seems to be following Winnie?
A toad
Tuck said this has all the answers.
The pond
Cavernous
Giving the impression of dark and deep; vast
Irrelevant
Not of importance
The Ferris wheel is an example of a....
Symbol for a year
What do the Tucks’ do to make money?
Some authors put this at the beginning of the book to provide a setting and give background details before reading the first chapter?
Epilogue
Oppressive
unjust; cruel and unfair
Intrusion
Coming in without invitation
"Oh, 17! That is old", said Winnie. "You have no idea", said Jesse.
Irony