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Tuck Everlasting

Published on Nov 18, 2015

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STUDY GUIDE

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CHARACTERS

  • Mae Tuck
  • Miles Tuck
  • Jesse Tuck
  • Angus Tuck
  • Winnie Foster
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MAE TUCK

  • A larger woman with gray-brown hair and brown eyes
  • She has accepted the fact that she will live forever
  • Wishes Winnie was theirs
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MILES TUCK

  • Oldest son, handsome, muscular and serious
  • Miles thinks they should take living forever more seriously
  • He wants to do something important
  • Was married and had two kids
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JESSE TUCK

  • Thin and handsome with curly brown hair
  • Jesse is excited and likes that he will live forever
  • Wants Winnie to wait 6 years to drink the water and marry him
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ANGUS TUCK

  • The father of Jesse and Miles, married to Mae
  • Angus is bored and tired of living forever,it makes him sad
  • Wants to keep the water a secret and for Winnie not to drink
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WINNIE FOSTER

  • Ten year old girl whose family owns Treegap
  • Was kidnapped by the tucks
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MAN IN THE YELLOW SUIT

  • He follows the Tucks and finds out their secret
  • Gets the Fosters to sign over the woods in exchange for finding Winnie
  • Told the Tucks a story about his grandmothers friend who knew a family that lived forever
  • Wants to sell the water
  • Gets hit in the head by Mae with a shotgun
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WHAT IS THE SECRET IN THE WOODS?

THE SPRING THAT HAS WATER THAT CAN MAKE YOU LIVE FOREVER
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WHAT DOES JESSE DO WHEN WINNIE ASKS FOR A DRINK FROM THE SPRING?

STOPS HER FROM DRINKING IT
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WHAT CAN YOU TELL FROM THE WAY THE TUCKS TRY TO KEEP THE SPRING A SECRET?

THEY DON'T THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA FOR EVERYONE TO KNOW ABOUT IT.
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WHAT DOES WINNIE'S GRANDMOTHER THINK THE MUSIC COMES FROM?

ELVES
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ANGUS OFTEN DREAMS ABOUT BEING IN HEAVEN. WHY DOES HE FANTASIZE ABOUT HEAVEN?

HE WISHES HE NEVER DRANK THE WATER
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HOW DID THE TUCKS LEARN THEY WERE IMMORTAL?

THEY ALL TRIED TO SHOOT EACH OTHER
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WHAT CAN YOU INFER ABOUT WINNIE AFTER READING ABOUT HER TALKING TO THE TOAD?

SHE'S LONELY AND BORED
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VOCABULARY

  • Axis: straight line around which something rotates
  • Contemplation: process of thinking something through
  • Disheartened: discouraged
  • Implore: to beg
  • Primly: stiffly
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VOCABULARY

  • Immense:very large
  • Anguish:extreme pain or sorrow
  • Fragrant:sweet smelling
  • Helter-Skelter:without order,messy
  • Teeming:filled to overflowing
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VOCABULARY

  • Recede: to move backward, withdraw
  • Rueful: sad
  • Venture: bold or risky act
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WHAT DECISION IS WINNIE FACED WITH?

WHETHER TO DRINK THE WATER OR NOT
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IN CH 12, ANGUS TUCK SAYS "WE JUST BE, LIKE ROCKS BESIDE THE ROAD." WHAT DOES HE MEAN BY SAYING THIS?

THEY'RE LIKE ROCKS-NOT LIVING, NOT DIEING, JUST STUCK
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WHAT ROLE BEST DESCRIBES THE MAN IN THE YELLOW SUIT?

HE IS THE ANTAGONIST
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WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING MOST ACCURATELY DEPICTS THE INSTANCE OF FORESHADOWING?

TUCKS'S OLD SHOTGUN BY THE DOOR
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WHAT DO WE CALL THE WAY THE TUCKS SPEAK?

IT IS CALLED DIALECT
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HOW DID THE MAN IN THE YELLOW SUIT COME TO KNOW ABOUT THE TUCK FAMILY AND THEIR SECRET?

HE HEARD A STORY ABOUT A FRIEND OF HIS GRANDMOTHER
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WHAT HAPPENED AT THE END OF CH 19 THAT CHANGED EVERYTHING FROM BAD TO WORSE?

MAE HIT THE MAN IN THE YELLOW SUIT WITH THE SHOTGUN

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