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| Simile | A comparison of two unlike things using the words like or as |
| Metaphor | A comparison of two unlike things not using the words like or as |
| Personification | Giving human characteristics to an inanimate object |
| Allusion | A reference to history, an event, literature, or art |
| Natalie Babbitt | Author of the novel |
| Setting place | Treegap and Foster's farm |
| The year that most of the story took place? | 1880 |
| The year that the Tucks came back to Treegap looking for Winnie? | 1950 |
| What information did the Tucks learn about Winnie from the gravestone in the cemetary? | Winnie had died two years earlier. |
| Who is mae Tuck? | the mother of Jesse and Miles |
| Who is called Tuck? | Angus Tuck |
| What animal did not drink from the spring? | the cat |
| Who did Winnie like very much from the Tuck Family? | Jesse |
| Where is the spring located? | at the base of a tree in the woods |
| Tuck made money selling these? | wood carvings |
| Who owned the wood? | the Fosters |
| The animal, owned by the Tucks, that was immortal? | the horse |
| He discovered the Tucks's secret? | the man in the yellow suit |
| It belonged to Mae and she never went anywhere without it? | the music box |
| He lost his wife and children because he didn't age? | Miles |
| Jesse was this age when he drank from the spring? | seventeen |
| The vilage where Winnie lived? | Treegap |
| Who formed the original trail that had skirted the wood? | cows |
| Winnie was this age when she met the Tucks? | ten |
| Mae used this to kill the man in the yellow suit? | shotgun |
| He forced the Fosters into selling the wood to him? | The man in the yellow suit |
| He brought Winnie home and put Mae in jail? | constable |
| Tuck compared the cycle of life to one of these? | wheel |
| Winnie poured water from the spring on this animal? | toad |
| She took Mae's place in the jail cell? | Winnie |
| The wood was destroyed by one of these? | electrical storm |
| Why did Winnie want to run away at the beginning of the novel? | Her mother and grandmother were constantly watching her and very overprotective. |
| Why did Mae tel Winnie the Tucks were thinking of moving? | She was afraid the neighbors would start to wonder about them. |
| What was the analogy or simile that Angus Tuck used to describe his family? | The Tucks were like" rocks on the side of the road." |
| When the constable asked Winnie why she hit the man in the yellow suit, what did Mae tell him? | Mae said that the man in the yellow suit was trying to take Winnie by force. |
| What is the possible theme for the story? | You should live life to the fullest each day, and you should appreciate your place in the natural cycle of life. |
| According to the "natural cycle of life" is dying as natural as birth? | Yes, birth and death are all part of the cycle of life, each having its own purpose as the cycle continues. |
| "The first week of August sat motionless like the highest seat of a Ferris Wheel". This is an example of what figure of speech? | simile |
| Name one example from the story that proved the immortal powers of the spring. | horse, the "T" carved in the tree, or the gunshot of Angus |
| What is the significance of the poem by Richard Lovelace? | Richard wrote this poem as a justification for siding with the king despite his imprisonment. |
| Cite the two lines from the poem that Winnie quoted while in jail. | "Stone walls do not a prison make, nor iron bars a cage." |
| What was the inscription on Winnie's tombstone? | In Loving Memory, Winnifred Foster Jackson, Dear Wife, Dear Mother, 1870-1948 |
| What was the last sound that was heard as the Tucks rolled on in their wagon? | the sound of Mae's music box |
| What was strange about the toad that Tuck picked up at the very end of the story? | It didn't move as the truck passed by...it was as if the toad thought it would live forever... |
| What did Winnie give to the toad? | eternal life |
| What was the phrase the author gave to the Foster house to symbolize its isolation? | "the touch-me-not cottage" |
| What is the following quote from the prologue and example of : "No connection, you would agree. But things can come together in strange ways." | foreshadowing |
| What were the three things that happened which were mentioned in the prologue? | Mae Tuck went to the woods to meet her sons, Winne was thinking about running away, and a stranger appeared at the Fosters' gate. |
| What was at the hub of the wheel in the novel mentioned in the prologue? | The wood was the center of the wheel |
| What is the setting time and place of the novel? | First week of Augus, 1880, Treegap |
| What does Winnie tell the toad about what she wants to do with her life in chapter three? | She tells the toad she is not sure what she wants to do in the world but she wants to do something that will make a difference. |
| What figure of speech is used in the quote: "The sun was dropping fast now, a soft red sliding egg yolk, and already to the east there was a darkening purple"? | metaphor |
| What figure of speech is the following quote: "Miles looked solid, like an oar, whereas Jesse was like water: thin and quick." | simile |
| What figure of speech is the following quote: "The spring lay softly at the foot of the tree and the arms of the tree stretched far to the clouds of the sky." | personification |
