Story Elements
What was the name of the town?
Treegap
How does Tuck feel when he first met Winnie?
Happiness
Name the members of the Tuck family.
Mae, Angus (Tuck), Jesse and Miles
What does the grandmother think the sound coming from the wood is?
elves
Figurative language... "It was like a ribbon tying her to familiar things."
Simile
How did the Tucks gain immortality?
They drank the magic water.
Mae Tuck is so upset with the stranger she...
hits him with a gun
Why did the stranger in the yellow suit stop to speak to Winnie?
to find out information about a family for which he is searching
Who does Winnie find first in the wood?
Jesse Tuck
Personification
The story begins in ______.
August
Choose the best word to describe Mae. (sorrowful, motherly, depressed, selfish)
motherly
How long ago had the Tucks drunk the water?
87 years ago
When did the Tuck boys visit their parents?
every ten years during the first week of August
"Mae sat there frowning, a great potato of a woman."
metaphor
What does the Tucks beg Winnie to do?
Keep their secret
How does the Tucks feel about immortality?
tortured
Who went with the stranger to get Winnie?
The Constable
What does Winnie decide to do because she is upset?
Run away forever
"An expression there that made her feel like an unexpected present, wrapped in pretty paper and tied with ribbons."
Simile
Explain the series of events that led up to Mae getting thrown in jail.
Mrs. Pearce says yes
At the end of Tuck and Winnie's talk, why was Miles so "excited"?
someone took their horse
What does the man in the yellow suit want from the Fosters?
the wood
How does Winnie help Mae?
Winnie will take her place to give the Tucks time to get away before the constable realizes Mae has escaped.
"It (the road) wandered along in curves and angles."
personification