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100

I'm a "young" and handsome man, who just wants to see the world!! And yea, I might ask a 10 year old to marry me...eventually.  What's wrong with that?

Who am I?

Jesse Tuck 

100

Which word means "dirty or mud covered"?

Silty

100

Which word means "becoming thin and tattered with age"?

Threadbare

100

Ms. Meyenburg just got a new dress and it fits like a glove!

What is this an example of?

Simile


100

Which word means "the area in front of a fireplace"?

Hearth

200

Money, money, money, money!  MONEY!  I'm going to sell that spring water and make a fortune!

Who a I?

The Man in the yellow suit

200

Which word means "unable to read or write"?

Illiterate

200

Which word means "a peace officer with limited policing authority, typically in a small town; a police officer"?

Constable

200

The city was a maze due to the Veteran's Day parade.

What is this an example of?

Metaphor

200

What happened to the Man in the yellow suit at the end of chapter 19?

Mae hit him in the head with the stock of Tuck's shotgun, and he is on the ground unconscious. 

300

I might be a potato of a woman but I have a pretty good swing, don't I, Man in the yellow suit?

Who am I?

Mae Tuck

300

Which word means "stay in a place longer than necessary because of a reluctance to leave"?

Linger

300

Daily Double


Which word means "the available space for occupants in a building, vehicle, or vessel"?

Accommodation

300

Rachel was so tired after her hike she could have slept for 2 weeks straight!

What is this an example of?

Hyperbole

300

Which word means "causing great horror or fear; frightful"?

Ghastly

400

Mama said that Pa sold his soul to the Devil, and now we gotta leave him.  What's a girl to do without her pa?

Who am I?

Anna Tuck, Miles daughter

400

Which word means "conspiring together"?

Cahoots

400

Which means "extremely large or great, especially in scale or degree"?

Immense

400

Watch this clip!

What is this an example of?

Alliteration

400

Why can't Mae go the gallows?

Mae can't die and the Tuck's secret will be revealed!

500
Twenty miles is a long way to ride and this feller is mighty strange; he won't say more than a couple o' words to me.  Lest I got my old, none to strong horse to keep me company.


Who am I?

The constable

500

Which word means "not showing fear or hesitation in the face of danger or difficulty"?

Unflinchingly

500

Which word means "the quality of being childishly sulky or bad-tempered"?

Petulance

500

Don't be such a Scrooge!

What is this an example of?

Allusion

500

Who is the author of Tuck Everlasting?

Natalie Babbitt