Magnus Green - 20-21 Tuck Online Notebook (Q2 Grade) - 2941134

Tuck

Everlasting

Magnus’s
Reading Response

Journal



Chapters 1-8

Prologue

Question: Summarize how the month of August is described.
My Answer: The month August is described on the first page of
the Prologue as Motionless, hot, and curiously silent.

Question: Explain the purpose of Mae Tuck’s trip.
My Answer: The purpose of Mae Tuck’s trip is to meet her two
sons, Miles and Jesse.

Chapters 1 and 2

Chapter 1 Question: Why do you suppose the narrator thinks it would be a disaster if

the cows made the road through the wood?

My Answer: It would be a disaster if the cows made the road
through the wood because it says on page eight that “ If they
had made their road through the wood instead of around it, then
the people would have followed the road. The people would
have noticed the giant ash tree at the center of the wood, and
then, in time, they’d have noticed the little spring bubbling up
among its roots in spite of the pebbles piled there to conceal it.
And that would have been a disaster so immense that this
weary old earth, owned or not to its fiery core, would have
trembled on its axis like a beetle on a pin.”

Chapter 2 Question: What did Mae always bring with her when she traveled?

My Answer: Mae always brings a pretty square music box with
roses and lilies with her when she travels.

Chapters 3 and 4

Chapter 3 Question: What was Winnie referring to when she said she might do it

tomorrow while everyone is sleeping?

My Answer: When Winnie said she might do it tomorrow she
was saying that she might run away.

Chapter 4 Question: Which questions didn’t the stranger answer?
My Answer: The stranger didn’t answer the questions who are
you and who are you looking for.

Chapters 5 and 6

Chapter 5 Question: Explain why Winnie decided not to run away.
My Answer: Winnie decided not to run away because she didn’t
know where she would go or where she wanted to go.

Chapter 6 Question: Why didn’t Winnie signal to the stranger when she went by

him?

My Answer: Winnie didn’t signal to the stranger because she
was very lost and confused and she just didn’t think to signal to
him until after she passed him.

Chapters 7 and 8

Chapter 7 Question: When the Tucks came to Treegap for the first time, who drank

from the spring? Who didn’t?

My Answer: When the Tucks came to Treegap for the first time

everybody except the cat drank from the spring.

Chapter 8 Question: What proof of Tuck’s story was the reader provided earlier in

the novel?

My Answer: There was proof of Tuck’s story on page 12 when it
says “ For Mae Tuck, and her husband, and Miles and Jesse,
too, had all looked exactly the same for eighty-seven years.”

Page 7 “ How deep, after all, I think this is a tough
can it go?” question because
Winnie is asking
herself a serious
question that she
doesn’t know the
answer to.

Page 17 I think this is the
details depth and
complexity because
Winnie gave you
almost half a page of
details about what the
man looked liked.

Page 22 “ But she I think this is a
realized that sometime contrast and
during the night she contradiction because
had made up her Winnie was being very
mind:” strong about her
saying she was going
to run away and then
she didn’t.

Page 22. “ Where would i go, This is a tough
anyway?” question because
Winnie is asking
herself a question that
could have changed
her life and probably
will.

Page 40 ‘ Twisted I think this is a
with the tension of memory moment
remembering.” because the whole
story the Tucks had
Page 41 “ Do you already been
understand child?” explaining was in the
past and it says
remembering.

I think this is a words of
the wiser because Mae
is older and wiser than
Winnie and Mae is
telling Winnie
something very
important.

Summarize
Chapters 1-8

In chapters 1-8 of Tuck Everlasting, it describes how Winnie Foster meets the Tucks. In the
beginning of the book, Winnie lives in an overprotective house in the village of Treegap with
her parents and grandmother.Their house is on the edge of the woods they own but never
go into. Meanwhile, the Tucks are getting excited to see their sons whom they have not seen
in ten years. Mae is heading off to meet them, but they say that she has to be careful not to
be seen. She does not look in the mirror before she goes because it says she has looked
the same for the past 87 years. May takes along her music box as she goes off to meet her
sons. Then in chapter 3, Winnie has a conversation with a toad. She talks about how hard
her life is and she decides to run away. Later, that night Winnie heads out to her yard and
meets a stranger walking by who asks her about the woods and the people she knows in the
area. He tells her that he is looking for a family. Winnie’s grandmother comes out to tell
Winnie to go inside. Just then some music is heard in the woods. The grandmother says it is
the elf music she hasn’t heard in years. Winnie thinks it sounds like a music box and the
stranger is very interested in it. In chapter 5, Winnie decides she wouldn’t run away, but she
would adventure off into the wood to try and find what was making the noise last night.
Winnie does not find what was making the noise but she does find an opening in the wood.
She looks to see what was in the opening and she sees a boy sitting against a big tree
trunk. Winnie goes out and talks to the boy. They introduce each other and then ask some
questions. Earlier, Winnie saw him drinking water from a little spring. Winnie asked if she
could have some and Jesse immediately says no. Next, in chapter 6 Mae Tuck, Jesse Tuck,
and Miles tuck are bring Winnie somewhere that was out of the wood. Just as they got out of
the wood, Winnie saw the stranger from the other night on the road. Once they had gotten
farther from the wood they stopped at a little river to catch their breath when Winnie started
crying. Mae started playing a music box and winnie realized that it was the music she had
heard the night before. Then in chapter 7, The Tucks explain their whole story to Winnie.
They had come to find a place to settle when they had came across what is now the wood.
They found the spring and they all drank from it except the cat. They eventually settled and
built a house and some shacks. They started to notice that none of them were changing and
that something was wrong. They realized that the reason that they weren’t changing was
because of the spring for everybody but the cat had drank from the spring and only the cat
had died or changed. And finally in the beginning of chapter 8 Winnie is completely mind
blown by the Tucks story. But towards the end Winnie realizes she is very free right now and
that this is kind of what she wanted, a big adventure. Winnie was so happy she barely
noticed that the stranger was behind her and that he had heard the whole story.



Chapters 9-17

Chapters 9 and 10

Chapter 9 Question: What did Miles and Jesse do as soon as they got home?
My Answer: As soon as they got home Miles and Jesse jumped
in the pond.

Chapter 10 Question: Analyze the differences between the Tuck’s house and

Winnie’s house.

My Answer: The difference between their houses is that
Winnie’s house is very organized and clean, but the Tuck’s
house is kind of just a place to store stuff and sleep.

Chapters 11 and 12

Chapter 11 Question: Analyze the differences between dinner at the Fosters and

dinners at the Tucks.

My Answer: The difference between dinner at the Fosters and
dinner at the Tucks is that at the Fosters, they have lots of rules
and it has to be nice. While at the Tucks they just eat and their
only rule is to not talk.

Chapter 12 Question: How does Winnie feel about death?
My Answer: Winnie feels like she doesn’t want to die and that
death is bad but in reality it is actually better than living forever.

Chapters 13 and 14

Chapter 13 Question: What news did the stranger reveal to the Fosters?
My Answer: The news the stranger told the Fosters was that he
knew where Winnie was.

Chapter 14 Question: Explain how Winnie feels about Jesse’s proposition.
My Answer: I think Winnie felt very confused and just
completely lost after Jesse’s proposition.

Chapters 15-17

Chapter 15 Question: Would you give in to the stranger’s blackmail? Explain why or why not.
My Answer: I would not give in to the strangers blackmail
because he has been acting very suspiciously and I would not
trust him to get one of their children or to own the wood.

Chapter 16 Question: Why do you suppose the stranger ditched the constable? Explain.
My Answer: I thought it was very weird when the stranger
ditched the constable because he once again has been acting
weird and I think he is plotting something big.

Chapter 17 Question: Explain what happened when Miles caught the fish.
My Answer: When Miles caught the fish Winnie freaked out and
told him to put it back and Miles did.

Page 56 Winnie is explaining I think this is rules
the different rules at the because winnie is
Tucks. talking about how the
rules at the Tucks are
different from her
family's rules.

Page 64 “ Can you I think this is a tough
picture what that question because
means? Forever?” Angus Tuck is asking
winnie to picture
something that is very
deep and something
that would change
peoples lives.

Page 68 “ But Winnie Every time Winnie tries
did not sleep at all,” to go out of her comfort
zone she can’t or she
struggles a lot.

Page 72 “ Listen, Ma and Pa Jesse is saying that he
and Miles they don’t know has a different
how to enjoy it,” perspective about
living forever than the
rest of his family.

Page 75 “ He looked I would've expected
around at the three someone like the
shocked faces stranger to be a little
more cooperative and
polite to people like
the Fosters.

Page 79 “ Would you I think this is a very
mind if I rode on weird unanswered
ahead?” question because the
stranger has been
acting very weird, and
now he wants to get to
a place before
someone else.

Summarize
Chapters 9-17

In chapter 9 of Tuck everlasting, Winnie, Jesse, Miles, and Mae were still traveling to their

destination. Winnie was very hot and wanted to arrive to the place. Not much longer they arrived at
their place, it was the Tucks “ House.” Miles and Jesse ran and jumped in the pond next to their
house while Mae had Winnie meet Angus Tuck, Mae’s husband. In chapter 10, not a lot happens.
Mae shows Winnie all around their house and talks to her about how some things in their life go.
Winnie was very confused about the Tucks house because she was used to a nice house and the
Tucks didn’t really see the need for them to have a nice organized house. In the next chapter, while
they are eating dinner Winnie panics. She wants to go home and she thinks the Tucks are
criminals. Mae calms her down and Tuck says he will take Winnie out on the pond to talk a little bit.
After that, in chapter 12 Winnie is on the boat with Tuck. Tuck tells Winnie that life is like a wheel
and that everything is a part of the wheel. Except for himself and the rest of the Tucks. He explains
himself as a rock dropped off on the side of the road that is permanently stuck. Chapter 13 is very
short but something big happens. At the end of chapter 12 Miles had called out that the horse was
gone. The man in the yellow suit had stole the Tucks horse and was now at the Fosters front door.
As Winnie grandmother opened the door the man in the yellow suit claimed he knew where Winnie
was. Later, in the next chapter the Tucks decided to leave the horse thief and go to bed. Winnie
was uncomfortable in her bed but it was the only choice. Mae and Tuck came in to talk to her but
the one that really meant something to her was Jesse. Jesse had told her that she could wait till
she was 17( the same age as Jesse) and then she could drink from the spring so they could get
married and have fun. After Jesse said this he told Winnie to think on it but Winnie was just super
confused and lost. Chapter 15 is basically the stranger trying to strike a deal with the Fosters. He
wants to own the wood if he gets Winnie back. The Fosters don’t exactly accept the offer but they
never decline it so the stranger just says they agree and he sets off before they change their mind.
Chapter 16 starts off again with a little more talking to the fosters but mostly the stranger riding
towards the Tucks. He is riding with a constable and it is very dark outside. They are talking about
stuff when suddenly the stranger asks if he can ride ahead of the constable and he says yes. The
constable’s horse is slow so the man in the yellow suit is slowly but surely gaining time on him. And
finally, in chapter 17 Miles comes in and asks Winnie if she wants to go fishing. Winnie says sure
so they go out on their little boat and fish. While they are talking Winnie gets a bite but it gets off.
Miles gets a bite too but he is able to pull it into the boat. Winnie freaks out and tells him to put it
back so Miles listens and he puts the fish back into the water.

Chapters 18-25

Chapters 18 and 19

Chapter 18 Question: What did the family have for breakfast?
My Answer: The family had flapjacks for breakfast which are
basically pancakes.

Chapter 19 Question: What did the stranger say he was going to do to Winnie? How

did Mae respond?

My Answer: The stranger said he was going to make Winnie
drink the water from the spring and help with his business he
would create. Mae got insanely mad and stood up for Winnie by
shooting the stranger to save Winnie.

Chapters 20 and 21

Chapter 20 Question: Explain what will happen to Mae if the stranger dies.
My Answer: If the stranger dies Mae is going to be hanged.

Chapter 21 Question: What happened to the stranger?
My Answer: The stranger had died from Mae’s shotgun shot.

Chapters 22 and 23

Chapter 22 Question: What present did Jesse give to Winnie?
My Answer: The “Present” Jesse gave Winnie was a full bottle
of the mysterious water that come from the spring in the wood.

Chapter 23 Question: Why is the weather so difficult to bear during this time

period?

My Answer: The weather is hard to handle in this time period
because they probably don’t have air conditioning or super
comfortable clothes made for hot temperatures.

Chapters 24 and 25

Chapter 24 Question: What sound symbolized the exit of the Tucks?
My Answer: The sound that symbolized the exit of the Tucks
was the soft sound of the music box

Chapter 25 Question: Why didn’t Winnie get charged with aiding the escape?
My Answer: Winnie didn’t get charged with helping Mae’s
escape because she was too young.

Epilogue

What does the reader learn from the epilogue in this novel? Do
you think the epilogue was necessary? You learn a lot from this
epilogue. You see how much treegap has changed and how the
Tucks haven’t changed. Also, it shows that Winnie decided not
do drink from the spring and that she had died.

Page 89 It was the thought of Winnie keeps admiring

seeing Jesse again and liking Jesse.

Page 102 They didn’t Winnie has so far for
kidnap me I came the most part hated
because I wanted to. the Tucks and felt like
they kidnapped her
until now.

Page 102 There my This is similar to the
friends CC but she has never
thought of the Tucks as
friends and now she
has so it shows she
changed over time.

Page 110 Was Mae sad for I think this is a tough
the stranger? question because it is
in an important
situation and Winnie
says after that there is
no way to know the
answer.

Page 122-123 Stone I think this is a
walls do not a prison memory moment
make, Nor iron bars because Winnie is
make a cage. remembering
something that tells
you about the
situation.

Page 126 The Tucks Are they gone forever
her darling Tucks or will they meet again.
Were gone.

Summarize

Chapters 18-25

In chapter 18, Winnie and the Tucks are eating breakfast. After they had
finished they were talking and heard a knock on the door. Mae went to open it
and she was greeted by the stranger. In chapter 19 the stranger comes in to
the Tucks house. He explains how he knows about the spring and a bunch
more. He says he is going to make Winnie drink some of the water and Mae
does not want that so she hits him in the back of the skull with Tucks shotgun.
In chapter 20, The constable arrives at the scene of the stranger laying on the
ground. He tells Mae that if the stranger dies she will be hung. All of them got a
little concerned because if everything was true, Mae wouldn’t die when she gut
hung. In chapter 21 Winnie arrives back home. Her family is very happy but
also a little worried. Next, in chapter 22 Winnie goes outside to the fence and
sees her toad. While she is worrying about the toad she sees Jesse. Jesse
gives her a bottle of water from the spring and explains how Miles came up
with a plan and he explains it. In the next chapter, when Winnie got hot she
came back into her house and put Jesse’s present in her drawer. She was
waiting for midnight. Winnie had zoned out but when she regained focus it was
almost midnight. In chapter 24 Winnie sneaks out and goes to the prison where
she meets the Tucks. Miles was working his plan and it was going pretty well.
Miles got the jail bars open and Mae climbed out. Right after Mae got out of her
cell the Tucks ran off into the night, Little did they know that would be one of
the last times they ever saw each other. And at last, in chapter 25 Winnie is just
thinking about everything she had done. She was finally back at her house and
with her toad. She used her special water and poured it on the toad, telling him
that he was safe forever.

In this story Winnie is the
protagonist and she
shows tons of bravery
while also showing
weakness at some
points. She is also pretty
clever for only being 10
years old. She has brown
hair blue eyes and lives
in a cottage

Jesse is a young character
who is very adventurous
and fun. He has long brown
curly hair and he is also
pretty caring and nice.

Miles is the Tucks oldest
son and is 5 years older
than Jesse. Miles is very
strong and smart. He has
short blonde hair and is
very good at carpenting.

Angus Tuck is the father of
Miles and Jesse. He is also
around 60 years old and
married to Mae. He is a
little bit lazy but does wood
projects to limit his
boredom.

Mae Tuck is the
mother of Miles and
Jesse. She is short
and plump and also
has gray hair. She is
very wise and old.

The stranger is very tall and
narrow and he wears a
yellow suit. He has gray hair
but he wears a hat. The
stranger is also the
antagonist.

Very Very neat and
appreciative, tidy, takes care
caring, and in a of Winnie a lot.
weird way happy She is also
overprotective.

They are both nice moms and they love
their children.



Places: The Tucks house which is a messy place where the

Tucks live. Fosters house was a very nice and well kept cottage.
The wood which was a just woods behind the Fosters house.
Time period: 1880

Type: third person omniscient
How do you know? I know the thoughts and
feelings of all the major characters.

Type: Internal conflict
Conflict: Winnie deciding if she wants to

be free or to keep living her boring life.

Through most of the book the tone is calm but
during the climax it gets pretty fierce and tense.
After the climax the story slowly dies back down
to calm.

The toad, the toad is a sign of freedom whether
it is having freedom or not having freedom.

People are afraid of change but all things do
change and change is good.

Miles dismantles the jail cell window
and helps Mae escape. Winnie is there
to provide support. If the constable
hears their escape, they’re doomed!

Mae get so mad at The Man in the Yellow The constable comes into the jail
Suit that she hits him over the head with cell to find Winnie has taken
the gun and kills him. Mae’s place and helped her
escape.
The Man in the Yellow Suit tells Winnie’s
parents that if they don’t give him what he Winnie sees a dog wanting
wants he won’t tell them where their to attack the toad so she
daughter is. rescues him and pours the
fountain water on him.
Winnie sneaks off into the forest and
discovers a boy drinking from a small
stream. Then his family kidnaps her.

Winnie’s family controls her. They won’t let her try
anything risky to make a difference in the world like she
wants to.

A girl names Winnie Foster Winnie lives in a forest area The Tuck family continues to stay young while
lives with her family by a that her family owns near Winnie ages and dies. A fire burns down the woods
wood they own that no one the town of Treegap. It’s in and covers the secret forever. The toad lives forever
goes into. At its center is a the past with wagons because of the water from Winnie.
special fountain. instead of cars.

Tuck
Everlasting

Booksnaps

Tuck Everlasting Page

This was a
contrast and
contradiction
because Winnie
was saying she
was going to run
away and then she
didn’t.

Place your page image over
this box so it is covered up!

Tuck Everlasting Page

Place your page image over This was a
this box so it is covered up! different
perspectives
depth and
complexity
because Jesse
is explaining to
Winnie how
himself and the
rest of his
family looked at
the fact that
they were going
to live forever

Tuck Everlasting Page

Place your page image over Un until now for the
this box so it is covered up! most part Winnie
has thought of the
Tucks as bad people
and she wanted to
go home but now
when she has the
chance to go home
she defends the
Tucks and refers to
them as her friends