Twenty Questions

Tuck Everlasting: Chapter 11-20:

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1. How did Winnie speak up for the Tucks when the constable accused the Tucks of kidnapping?

She said that she went with them because they were her friends.

2. How did Winnie try to comfort Tuck?

She told him that everything would be alright.

3. What offer did the yellow suit man make the Tucks?

They could show the effects of the spring water and he would pay them for it.

4. Why was it surprising to the constable that the Fosters “sold” the land?

He said that the Fosters were very proud of their land and he was amazed that they would sell it.

5. What does the term petulance mean?

an irritable or angry feeling

6. What does the term brambles mean?

Prickly shrubs

7. What does the term teeming mean?

to be very full; overflowing

8. Why did Miles say he hadn’t gone to look for his children?

It would be odd for them since they would have been around the same as their father; and Tuck would not have let hem because he didn’t want a lot people knowing about the spring.

9. Why did Winnie want to go home?

She started to realize that the Tucks had kidnapped her and they were criminals because of it. She also had never slept anywhere but in her own bed.

10. What does Miles want to do with his future?

He wanted to do something important with his life.

11. How did the man in the yellow suit know about the Tucks?

Mile’s wife was a friend of his grandmother and she would tell him the story about the odd family who never grew older.

12. What was the bad news that Miles shared with Winnie and Angus?

Someone had stolen their horse.

13. What did Mae do when the man in the yellow suit tried to take Winnie?

She shot him.

14. How did the man know he was getting close to the Tucks?

He heard the same tune coming from the wood that his grandmother had taught him.

15. Why didn’t Tuck want anyone to know about the spring?

Everyone would come running to get a drink and they would not realize the consequences of drinking the water until it was too late.

16. Who came through the woods just as Mae pulled the trigger?

The Treegap constable

17. What was the man in the yellow suit going to make Winnie do?

He was going to make her drink the water so she could do his demonstrations.

18. What does the term gallows mean?

a device in which criminals are hanged

19. What the term hearth mean?

the brick, stone, or cement floor of a fireplace, usually extending into a room

20. What does the term illiterate mean?

unable to read or write