| Question | Answer |
| What is it Winnie does not want the toad to think about her? | She doesn't want the toad to think she is a coward. |
| How old is Winnie? | Winnie is ten years old. |
| Why doesn't Jesse want Winnie to drink from the spring? | He thinks it would be terrible for her to do so. |
| What does Winnie find odd about her kidnappers' behavior? | The Tucks do the pleading and the begging instead of Winnie. |
| When does Mae say they will return Winnie to her home? | Mae tells Winnie they will take her back home the next day. |
| How many years before had the Tucks come upon the spring? | The Tucks had come upon the spring eighty-seven years earlier. |
| Why did Miles's wife leave him and take their two children with her? | Miles's wife thought he must have sold his soul to the Devil. |
| When Mae tells Winnie she will have to take her home overnight, why does Winnie feel there is nothing to be afraid of? | The Tucks seem so gentle and kind to Winnie. |
| When Winnie "closed the gate on her oldest fears," what does she discover about herself? This is an example of what literary term? | Winnie discovers the wings she has always wished she had. This is a symbol. |
| When Angus Tuck meets Winnie, how does his expression make her feel? What type of figurative language is this? | Angus' expression makes Winnie feel like an unexpected present, wrapped in pretty paper and tied with ribbons. This is a simile. |
| Name the figurative language in the following: Nor did they notice that he was following now, behind the road far behind. | Foreshadowing |
| Figuarative Language: The sun was only just opening its own eye and the cottage was full of silence. | Personification |
| Figurative Language: Jesse sang funny old songs in a loud voice and swung like a monkey from the branches. | Simile |
| Figurative Language: Closing the gate on her oldest fears as she had closed the gate of her own fenced yard, she discovered the wings she'd always wished she had. | Symbolism |
| Figurative Language: Crickets leapt before them as if each step released a spring and flung them up like pebbles. | Simile |
