1. How was the road created?

2. What is unusual about the wood?

3. What is at the center of the wood? Why would it be a disaster if people found it?

4.Where is Mae Tuck going? Why? How often does she go?

5.When do you think this story takes place? Why?

6. What is strange about the Tuck family?

 

1. Describe Winnie Foster.

2. Why is Winnie upset? What is she thinking about doing?

3. What does the stranger want?

4. What is the "elf music"? Why don't they hear it very often?

5. Why didn't Winnie run away? What did she do instead?

6. How did Winnie feel when she saw the toad? Why?

7. Describe the person Winnie saw in the clearing.

8. Why doesn't he want Winnie to drink the water?

 

1.How did they stop Winnie from drinking?

2.What did she think was happening? How did she feel about it?

3.Who did they see?

4. Why did Winnie cry?

5. Why did she stop?

6. Explain the Tucks' story in your own words.

7. What did Winnie think?

8. What was the plan?

9. How did Winnie feel about it?

10. Who was following them? Why?

 

1. Describe the Tuck home.

2. Where do the boys go first?

3. How does Tuck react to Winnie? Why?

4. How do the Tucks earn money?

5. How was supper different from meals at Winnie's house?

6. Why is Angus worried?

7. How does Winnie feel?

 

1. How does Tuck describe life and the world?

2. How does Tuck describe his family?

3. Is Tuck happy? Why?

4. What happened that upset Miles?

5.Who stole the horse? Where did he take it? Why?

6. Did Winnie sleep much? Why?

7. Explain Winnie's visitors and why they come to vist.

8. How do the visits make Winnie feel?

9. How does Winnie feel about her final visitor? How do you know?

 

1. What does the stranger want from Winnie's family? Why?

2. What does close-lipped mean?

3. Where did Winnie and Miles go?

4. Why was Miles sad?

5. Why didn't Winnie want to fish? Why did she ask Miles to let the fish go?

 

1. How does Winnie feel about the Tucks now? Why?

2. Who is at the door? What story does he tell?

3. What is his plan for himself, Winnie, and the Tucks?

4. What does Mae do? Why?

5. What did Winnie tell the constable that surprised him?

6. What would happen to Mae if the stranger died?

7. Why was Tuck so upset about it?

 

1. How did Winnie's family react when she got home?

2. What happened to the stranger?

3. Why did Winnie think Mae had wanted to kill the stranger?

4. Who came to see Winnie? Why?

5. What does Winnie want to do? Why is she both excited and nervous?

 

1. How did Miles get Mae out?

2. What was the oil for?

3. How did Winnie feel when she realized they were gone? Why?

4. How did the constable react when he saw Winnie?

5. Why did Winnie pour water on the toad?

6. Why did the Tuck's come back to Treegap?

7. Did what they found make them happy or sad? Why?