82 pages 2 hours read

Natalie Babbitt

Tuck Everlasting

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1975

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Multiple Choice

1. Why is it beneficial for the story to have an omniscient narrator?

A) The narrator provides insights into the thoughts and feelings of multiple characters.

B) The narrator focuses on the thoughts and perspectives of individual characters.

C) The narrator offers an objective viewpoint allowing readers to draw conclusions.

D) The narrator adds mystery to the story by withholding information from the reader.

2. What do the Tucks and their lifestyle represent to Winnie?

A) Clutter

B) Excitement

C) Freedom

D) Confinement

3. How does Winnie’s understanding of her family change?

A) She understands that not all families are like the Tuck family.

B) She learns that though her family is strict, they still love her.

C) She accepts her role in the family but determines to leave when she’s grown.

D) She begins to recognize that she no longer wants to live with her family.

4. What techniques are most used by the author to build suspense?

A) She withholds information and raises questions to create interest and mystery.

B) She quickly answers the reader’s questions to create engagement.

C) She uses the gut reactions of the characters to create tension.

D) She includes scenes of relative calm to provide time for world-building.

5. Which of the following is used as a red herring—something used to mislead the reader—in the novel?