How is Winnie feeling the three hours before she is to meet Jesse?

She is feeling restless, excited and guilty about leaving home again without permission.

1. How is Miles able to help his mother?

He pried out all the nails from the window and yanked the window out of the jailhouse wall so she could climb out of it and escape.

2. Just as Mae gets out of the window, what happens?

It begins to rain with thunder and lightning.

3. What does Winnie do after Mae gets out?

Winnie climbs in the window and covers herself with the blanket to make herself look like Mae.

1. What caused the loud crash during the night at the jailhouse?

The gallows had blown in the wind from the storm.

2. How did the constable react when he found out about the switch?

He became very angry and called her a criminal and an accomplice. He released her into the custody of her parents because of her age.

3. How did Winnie’s status change with her peers because of the incident?

They were impressed by what she had done. She was a figure of romance to them now. They came by to look at her and to talk to her through the fence. Before she had been too clean to have a real friend.

4. Explain what Winnie does to the toad and why.

She poured the precious water from the spring that Jesse had given her over the toad so he would not have to be harmed by the dog.

1. When the Tucks returned. How had Treegap changed?

There were many other streets crossing over the main street and they were paved. The wood and Winnie’s cottage were gone. There were many shops and businesses, as well as a hotel and diner.

2. What do the Tucks learn happened to the wood, tree, and spring?

They discover there was a big electrical storm. The big tree got hit by lightning, caught fire and had to be bulldozed out. All signs of the spring were gone.

3. Why does Mae state they have no need to come back to Treegap?

They find Winnie’s grave in the cemetery.

4. How many years had passed since that first week in August with Winnie when the Tucks returned?

They say that Winnie has been dead for 2 years. Her tombstone lists 1948 as the year of her death, which makes it 1950. Her year of birth was listed as 1870. She is seventy years old.

5. What do Mae and Angus see in the road before leaving Tree gap?

They see the everlasting toad that Winnie poured the water over.

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Tuck Everlasting Questions and Vocabulary Ch 23-Epilogue

Term	Definition
ponderous	dull; dreary
remorseless	without regret
gentility	elegance; grace
prostrate	worn out; exhausted
flailing	thrashing
exultant	ecstatic; thrilled
sedately	calmly
revulsion	disgust; distaste
staunchly	loyally; faithfully
accomplice	partner; accessory
How is Winnie feeling the three hours before she is to meet Jesse?	She is feeling restless, excited and guilty about leaving home again without permission.
1. How is Miles able to help his mother?	He pried out all the nails from the window and yanked the window out of the jailhouse wall so she could climb out of it and escape.
2. Just as Mae gets out of the window, what happens?	It begins to rain with thunder and lightning.
3. What does Winnie do after Mae gets out?	Winnie climbs in the window and covers herself with the blanket to make herself look like Mae.
1. What caused the loud crash during the night at the jailhouse?	The gallows had blown in the wind from the storm.
2. How did the constable react when he found out about the switch?	He became very angry and called her a criminal and an accomplice. He released her into the custody of her parents because of her age.
3. How did Winnie’s status change with her peers because of the incident?	They were impressed by what she had done. She was a figure of romance to them now. They came by to look at her and to talk to her through the fence. Before she had been too clean to have a real friend.
4. Explain what Winnie does to the toad and why.	She poured the precious water from the spring that Jesse had given her over the toad so he would not have to be harmed by the dog.
1. When the Tucks returned. How had Treegap changed?	There were many other streets crossing over the main street and they were paved. The wood and Winnie’s cottage were gone. There were many shops and businesses, as well as a hotel and diner.
2. What do the Tucks learn happened to the wood, tree, and spring?	They discover there was a big electrical storm. The big tree got hit by lightning, caught fire and had to be bulldozed out. All signs of the spring were gone.
3. Why does Mae state they have no need to come back to Treegap?	They find Winnie’s grave in the cemetery.
4. How many years had passed since that first week in August with Winnie when the Tucks returned?	They say that Winnie has been dead for 2 years. Her tombstone lists 1948 as the year of her death, which makes it 1950. Her year of birth was listed as 1870. She is seventy years old.
5. What do Mae and Angus see in the road before leaving Tree gap?	They see the everlasting toad that Winnie poured the water over.

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