Misc.
What is the genre of Tuck Everlasting?
Fantasy
Mae has a speical object. What was it?
A little music box with roses and lilies painted on top.
Why does Winnie talk to the toad?
She is lonely and frustrated.
What did the man in the yellow suit steal from the Tuck's house?
horse
What was Angus Tuck trying to explain to Winnie at the pond?
Life should keep moving just like a wheel. People would regret living forever, but wouldn't realize it until it was too late. etc.
Who is the author of Tuck Everlasting?
What was the fantastic secret the Tucks told Winnie?
They had not changed in 87 years because they drank from a spring in the wood by Treegap.
Who did Winnie's grandmother believe the music from the woods was made by?
elves
Where did the man in the yellow suit first hear the story about the Tuck Family?
His mother and grandmother.
Which characters felt that people drinking from the spring would be a nagative thing?
Angus Tuck and Miles Tuck
“A potato of a woman.” This is an example of what type of figurative language?
metaphor
Who said, "It's no use having that dream. Nothing's going to change."
Mae
When Winnie choose to enter the wood, she is experiencing what type of conflict?
internal conflict
What bargain did the man in the yellow suit make with the Fosters?
He would tell them where Winnie was in exchange for ownership of the wood.
Why did Tuck say, "Good girl" while he was at the gravestone?
He was proud of Winnie's decision to live a natural life.
“…as brilliant patterns of red and orange danced inside her eyelids.” What type of figurative language is this?
personification
How do the Tucks respond when meeting Winnie for the first time?
Mae thinks it is a catastrophe, while Tuck welcomes her to his home.
a music box
Why did Mae hit the man in the yellow suit?
What does Natalie Babbitt use as a symbol to represent all of the people who would drink from the spring and live forever?
a mosquito
“A capable iron fence said, Move on. We don’t want you here.” This is an example of what type of figurative langauge?
personification
How was the home lifestyle of the Tucks different from that of the Fosters?
The Tucks were messy. The Fosters were neat.
When did Jesse want Winnie to drink from the spring?
When she was older. (17)
Why had Angus Tuck looked at the body of the man on the ground almost enviously?
He longed to live a normal life and be able to die.
Which symbol(s) did Natalie Babbitt use to compare the life cycle to?
wheel, water cycle and/or rowboat getting stuck