Tuck Everlasting
Prologue – Chapter 4
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the lines, write the 3 events that come together to form this story.
- Throughout this book, the author uses personification as her way to
to describe objects that are not real. On the first page of the first
chapter, she describes the road using many verbs. Write these verbs. There
are 12 of them. __________, __________, __________, __________, __________,
__________, __________, __________, __________, __________, __________,
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- During what time of the year does the story take place?
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- Where do the Fosters live? ______________________________________
- Who was planning on running away from home? _________________________
- Why does Winnie envy the toad? __________________________________________
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- Describe the person who began to talk to Winnie while she was outside of her house. Use lots of details. Write in complete sentences.
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- What did Winnie’s grandmother believe the tinkling sound to be? ____________________
- What do YOU think the tinkling little melody was? _______________________________
- Do you agree with the sentence, “Nothing ever seems interesting when it belongs to you – only when it doesn’t?” If so, in what way? _______________________________________________
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© Ellen Gabor, 2004