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In Tuck Everlasting, why does the man in the yellow suit go to the Fosters? What does the constable's remark about...
The man in the yellow suit is our antagonist in this story. He initially goes to the Fosters to try and glean information about the magical spring in the woods owned by the Fosters, which gives...
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What are 5 reasons why Winnie didn't drink the water?
Tuck Everlasting, written by Natalie Babbitt, is about immortality. The Tuck family discovers an eternal spring that gives everlasting life. When she runs away from home, a young girl named Winnie...
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How do the Tucks feel about living forever in Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt?
The Tuck family feels that living forever makes them miss out on the human experience. Because they cannot age, they have to live apart from other people and can’t get to know anyone. The two...
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In Tuck Everlasting, what three things happen that seem to have no connection between the Tucks and the Fosters?
The answer to your question can be found in the prologue of this book. The author tells us plainly that three different events took place, and that, at face value, there seemed to be no connection...
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What is a timeline of important events in the book Tuck Everlasting?
If you are talking about a "timeline of events," then you are talking about the plot of the story. This timeline usually runs from the exposition, the inciting incident (often called the...
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What does Mae Tuck mean when she says, "Well, boys, here it is. The worst is happening at last"?
The quote in question appears at the very end of chapter five. A lot happens during this chapter. It starts with Winnie Foster testing out her idea of running away. She goes off to explore the...
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How did the Tucks know that the spring water made them immortal in Tuck Everlasting?
The Tucks became aware that the spring water made them immortal when they did not die of life-threatening injuries. When the Tuck family first drank from the forest spring, they had no idea what...
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In Tuck Everlasting, compare and contrast the Tucks' house and the Fosters'. Which does Winnie prefer?
The homes of both the Foster and Tuck families bear testament to the values and ideals that the family holds dear. At home with her parents and grandmother, Winnie knows a world characterized by...
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What are two conflicts from the book "Tuck Everlasting?" Please give supporting evidence the from the book.
Conflicts come in two general categories. There is external conflict and internal conflict. One internal conflict in this story is the internal conflict that Winnie struggles with throughout the...
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In Tuck Everlasting, what is strange about the woods? What effect did it have on the cows?
On the face of it, the woods belonging to the Foster family appear perfectly normal. But on closer inspection, it's clear that there's something unusual, even enchanted about them. For one thing,...
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What happened to Mae, the man in the yellow suit, and Winnie in "Tuck Everlasting". Explain.
Let's start with the man in the yellow suit. A previous answer stated that Mae shot him. That is incorrect. The man in the yellow suit wants to take Winnie and expose the Tuck family's secret of...
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What did Winnie, her grandmother, and the stranger hear in the distance in "Tuck Everlasting"?
As Winnie, her grandmother, and the stranger stand in front of her grandmother's cottage, they hear "a faint, surprising wisp of music...a tinkling little melody", come floating to them...
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What are some examples of personification in the book Tuck Everlasting?
Personification is a figure of speech where human qualities are given to animals, objects, or ideas. There are quite a few examples of this concept in Tuck Everlasting. For example, Outside, the...
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How do Jesse's and Miles's views about the spring differ in Tuck Everlasting?
Miles has a more negative view of the spring than Jesse does. The Tuck family drank from a spring that made them immortal. It meant that they never aged, and never died. It took some time for...
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Why does Jesse insist that Winnie does not drink the water in Tuck Everlasting?
Jesse does not want Winnie to drink from the spring because she will become immortal. Winnie accidentally sees Jesse drink from the special spring in the woods outside her family’s house. She...
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What happen to Winnie at the end of the book Tuck Everlasting?
When Winnie takes Mae Tuck's place in the jail cell so Mae can escape before she hangs, Winnie becomes an "accomplice" to a crime. That makes her a criminal, but because she is underage, she can't...
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What did Winnie do with the bottle of spring water that Jesse gave to her?
In chapter 23, Winnie hides the bottle of spring water in a bureau drawer. Later, in chapter 25, she empties the bottle over her toad. This toad is presumably the same one Winnie meets at the...
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What does Winnie do with the bottle of spring water Jesse gave her in Tuck Everlasting?
Winnie pours the spring water onto the toad. Winnie accidentally sees Jesse drinking from the spring in the woods near her house and ends up going on a grand adventure. She learns that he is...
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In "Tuck Everlasting", when Mr. Tuck takes Winnie rowing, what does he talk about? How does he feel about living...
In Chapter Twelve of Tuck Everlasting, Tuck takes Winnie out onto the pond in a rowboat just as the sun is setting. They bear witness to the different kinds of wildlife and the natural world around...
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What excuse does Jesse give Winnie so she will not drink the water in Tuck Everlasting?
There are two possible sections of the book that you might be referring to. Chapter 5 is when Winnie first meets Jesse Tuck and she happens to come across him as he is drinking from the spring....
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What are some key differences between the Tuck family and the Foster family?
One difference between the two families can be illustrated by examining their homes. The Foster family's home is cold and unwelcoming, while the Tuck family's home is a very warm and welcoming...
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How are the Tuck's house and the Foster's house different in "Tuck Everlasting"?
The Foster's house is organized and immaculately clean; the Tuck's house is delightfully cluttered and disarrayed.The cottage where the Foster family lives is "always squeaking clean, mopped...
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Why did Winnie run away in Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt?
Winnie wanted to run away because she was bored. Winnie didn't exactly run away; she was kidnapped. Winnie feels smothered at home to the point that she “lost her patience at last and decided to...
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List at least five of the nine events that the Tucks revealed as support for their incredible story in Tuck...
The Tuck family explains their "incredible story" to Winnie Foster in chapter 7. The story is hardly believable, and it is clear that the Tucks have never tried to explain their particular...
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What three events took place as the story Tuck Everlasting began? What connected them?
Event number one is Mae Tuck beginning her travels to the small town of Treegap. She only makes the trip once every ten years, and she makes the trip in order to meet her two sons, Miles and...
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In chapter 5, what does Winnie see Jesse Tuck do in Tuck Everlasting?
Winnie sees Jesse Tuck drink from the spring. Winnie goes into the forest, where she sees Jesse drink from the spring when he does not think anyone is looking. She says she is thirsty and wants to...
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What is the mood or tone of the book Tuck Everlasting? What are some examples from the story that support that mood?
The mood of Tuck Everlasting changes throughout the novel. It begins very somber and melancholy. When Winnie Foster is kidnapped by the Tuck family, she learns of their secret. Angus Tuck is tired...
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What are the three events that the author writes about in the prologue of Tuck Everlasting?
The prologue of Tuck Everlasting begins with three events, seemingly unrelated. The author states the events will connect somehow, creating a sense of foreshadowing: One day at that time, not so...
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How does Angus Tuck react when he meets Winnie Foster in Tuck Everlasting?
Tuck is thrilled to see Winnie because he hasn’t seen a child in a long time. The Tuck family is immortal. They do not get many visitors, because they try to keep hidden. If someone found out...
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What does the stranger in Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt say he was looking for?
The stranger is the man in the yellow suit. He tells Winnie in Chapter Four that he is looking for a family. The man lifted his eyebrows. "Oh," he said, "I'm looking for someone. A family." The...
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In Tuck Everlasting, what was Miles's plan to free Mae? In chapter 23, why was Winnie waiting up until midnight?
Winnie is waiting for midnight, because that is when she knows that she will be able to sneak out of the house. Winnie needs to sneak out of the house that night in order to help break Mae out of...
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In Tuck Everlasting, why did the Tucks take Winnie home?
It is during chapter 5 that Winnie meets Jesse Tuck by the spring. Winnie insists that she should be allowed to drink from the spring that she saw Jesse drinking from, and Jesse tries to keep her...
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According to Tuck, if people heard about the spring, what would happen?
The answer to this question can be found in chapter twelve of Tuck Everlasting. During this chapter, Angus Tuck takes Winnie out in a rowboat to the nearby pond. It is his way of getting her...
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What does the "touch-me-not" appearance of the cottage mean in Natalie Babbitt's Tuck Everlasting?
In Natalie Babbitt's Tuck Everlasting, when the narrator describes the Fosters' cottage as being "touch-me-not," the narrator is describing the cottage as looking so well-kept that it looks...
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How do Winnie's feelings change from the beginning of the novel until she meets Tuck in Chapter 9?
When first introduced to Winnie, the reader realizes that she is not a happy young girl. She is an only child and has parents that are constantly watching over her. Winnie longs for a little bit...
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In Tuck Everlasting, how have Winnie's feelings changed from chapters 12-18?
At the beginning of this section, Winnie is very skeptical of her situation. While she is interested in Jesse, she is scared of being involved with his family and feels worried over her own...
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What are some items that are important to the novel "Tuck Everlasting"?
Some additional items that are important in Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbit include the yellow suit, the cat, the shotgun, the music box, the mirror, and the grave. The yellow suit: The stranger...
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In Tuck Everlasting, what did the man in the yellow suit ask Winnie's grandmother?
You can find your answer in chapter 4 of the book. The man in the yellow suit asks Winnie's grandmother whether she has heard the elf music before. In chapter 4, the man in the yellow suit first...
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Why does the man in the yellow suit tell the constable he is going to go ahead?
The answer to this question can be found starting in chapter 15 and continuing into chapter 16. Readers have likely been suspicious of the man in the yellow suit for quite some time, but chapter 15...
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Why is Winnie Foster's age better in the movie version of Tuck Everlasting than in the book?
In the book Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt, the main character, Winnie, is eleven years old. When the movie version of Tuck Everlasting was created, her age was raised to fifteen. While this...
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What are 5 different conflicts that happened in Tuck Everlasting?
One conflict in Tuck Everlasting is the conflict between Winnie and her parents. Winnie's parents are perfect examples of overprotective, hovering parents. They give her no space at all. That's...
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Why had Miles' wife left him and taken their children in Tuck Everlasting?
Miles' wife had left him because after they had been together for a number of years, she realized that oddly, he was not aging. This was just too weird for her to handle, and, thinking that he had...
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In Tuck Everlasting, what does Winnie do with the spring water that Jesse gave to her?
In Tuck Everlasting, Winnie takes the spring water that Jesse gave to her and she pours it over the reappearing toad as it is pestered by an aggressive dog. She gives the toad eternal life rather...
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What metaphor is used to describe Mae Tuck's appearance?
Mae Tuck is compared to a potato. A metaphor is “a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to a person, idea, or object to which it is not literally applicable” (Guide to Literary...
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In Tuck Everlasting, what does Angus Tuck think of living forever?
Angus feels as if the Tucks are not fully participating in life because they are immortal. Angus uses the rowboat outing to explain to Winnie how he feels about being immortal. That's what us...
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How has winnie changed from meeting the tucks
Over the course of the novel, Winnie has changed to become more independent. When we are introduced to Winnie, she chafes against the restraint that she feels has been implemented on her by her...
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In Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt, what does the phrase or quote, "Stone walls do not a prison make / Nor iron...
That phrase comes from the poem "To Althea, from Prison" written by Richard Lovelace in 1642, while he was imprisoned. There are four stanzas of the poem, and the phrase that appears in Tuck...
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In Tuck Everlasting, why can't the Tucks stay in any one place for very long?
In Natalie Babbitt's Tuck Everlasting, Winnie Foster meets Jesse Tuck near her home in Treegap, New Hampshire. Jesse appears to be about seventeen years old, but he tells Winnie that he is really...
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In Chapter 2 of Tuck Everlasting, Tuck was smiling. Why?
"Tuck almost never smiled except in sleep." When Mae and Tuck are introduced, they are waking up. Mae is instantly happy and super excited to see her sons. Tuck wants to go back to sleep. He...
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What finally convinces Winnie to keep the secret of the spring in Tuck Everlasting?
In Tuck Everlasting, the pond helps Winnie understand why never dying is not so great as it first sounds. Angus Tuck first takes Winnie out on the rowboat in chapter 12. He shows her how the water...
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