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Grade 8 ELA Class Novel Packet  

Tuck Everlasting Natalie Babbitt 

  

Student Name: __________________________ Please note that the ABS Academic Honesty Policy applies to this packet – even though you will often be asked to work in groups, it is expected that the work you document is 

reflective of your own, original thoughts. 

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Novel Vocabulary Fill in the definition for each word as we come across it in our reading of the novel. Your knowledge and understanding of these words will be periodically assessed through vocab quizzes and on comprehensive tests.  

Prologue and Chapters 1 -4 meager: 

 

immense: 

 

beaming: 

 

tangent: 

 

amble: 

 

oppressive: 

 

bovine: 

 

dimension: 

 

trespassing: 

 

melancholy: 

 

hysterical: 

 

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grimace: 

 

exasperated: 

 

remnant: 

 

jaunty: 

 

rueful:  

 

intrusion: 

 

 

Chapters 5-8 precisely:  

disheartened: 

 

self-absorbed: 

 

idly: 

 

dismay: 

 

falter: 

 

implore: 

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meadow: 

 

eager:  

 

peculiar:  

 

whit: 

 

brooch: 

 

bleak: 

 

galling: 

 

outrage: 

 

elated: 

Chapters 9-12 disarray: 

 

indomitable: 

 

rigid: 

 

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vanity: 

 

penetrate: 

 

certainty: 

 

perilous: 

 

luxurious: 

 

vanish: 

 

anguish: 

 

vigorous: 

 

cavernous: 

 

soothing: 

 

decisive: 

 

silhouette: 

 

embankment: 

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Chapters 13-17 linger:  

ordeal: 

 

courteous: 

 

accomplice: 

 

destination: 

 

barbarian: 

 

ordeal: 

 

awkward: 

 

routine: 

 

uncertain:  

 

adore: 

 

gesture: 

 

dreadful: 

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fortunate: 

 

illiterate: 

 

reasonable: 

 

seldom:  

 

courteous: 

 

Chapters 18-21 suspicious:  

hoarsely: 

 

petulance: 

 

fleeting 

 

acrid: 

 

insistent: 

 

envious: 

 

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hearth: 

 

metaphysics: 

 

bewitched: 

 

philosophy: 

 

grimly: 

 

rave: 

 

Chapters 22-25 and Epilogue gingerly:  

 

defeated:  

 

deserted:  

 

shuddered:  

 

apprehension:  

 

remorseless:  

 

exultant:  

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gait:  

 

revulsion:  

 

accomplice:  

 

inscription:  

 

monument:  

 

linoleum:  

 

custody:  

 

wrought-iron:  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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 Character list and description: Fill in the descriptions as you read about each character.  

Character  Description  Winnie Foster  

 

Jesse Tuck    

 

Angus Tuck    

 

Mae Tuck    

 

Miles Tuck    

 

The Man in the Yellow Suit   

 

The Constable    

 

Winnie’s Father    

 

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 Winnie’s Grandmother    

 

Winnie’s Mother    

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Location Descriptions Document each location traveled to in the novel. Include: 

- a detailed description of each place (in bullets) 

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- important events that take place there (in bullets) - an accompanying image.  

Use arrows and/or shapes to track the order in which these locations appear in the novel.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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The Tucks and Immortality While Winnie is with the Tucks, she gets to hear about each of their perspectives regarding their inability to die. They each have different opinions. As you read, think about each person’s point of view. Write about them below. Then, provide evidence from the novel to support your answers in the right hand boxes. Then, on the next page, write about whose opinion you agree with most. Explain why you agree with it.  

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Person  How does he or she feel about being immortal? Provide evidence from the novel. 

Tuck       

 

Mae       

  

Jesse       

      

Miles  

 

 

 

 

Important Quotes While this novel can be read for its “surface-level” story and meaning, there is much to discuss about what lies “deeper” in the reading. As you read this novel, document important quotes that you think hold a more significant meaning to the obvious, surface understanding.  

Quote  Reaction/Possible Meaning    

 

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Story Pyramid Write a story pyramid about Tuck Everlasting using the below guidelines. 

Line one: one word, stating the name of the novel’s main character (at the top) 

Line two: two words that describe the main character 

Line three: three words that describe the setting of the novel 

Line four: four words that discuss the main problem in the novel 

Line five: five words that describe your favorite event in the novel 

Line six: six words that describe another event in the story 

Line seven: seven words that describe the purpose of the novel 

Line eight: eight words that describe the theme of the novel 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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What Would I Do? Think of three times in the story that you disagreed with what a character did. Write the characters’ names and what they did, then write what you would have done instead. 

 

What The Character Did: What I Would Have Done: 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What The Character Did:  What I Would Have Done: 

 

 

 

 

What The Character Did:  What I Would Have Done: 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Chapter Reading Comprehension Questions  Answer each in complete sentences & with as much detail as possible. Questions similar to these may appear on assessments.  

Prologue and Chapters 1 and 2 

1. List three seemingly unconnected things that happen that the prologue tells us about. 

    

2. What do you know about Mae so far? What is your impression of her?     

3. How many sons does Mae have? 

 

 

 

4. Why is Mae excited when she awakens that day in August? 

 

 

 

 

5. Who owns the Treegap wood?  

 

Chapters 3-5 

 

6. What animal does Winnie talk to about running away?  

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7. What does Winnie first see Jesse doing?  

 

 

 

8. Find a quote from the book that supports the following statement: Jesse panics when Winnie tries to drink the water. 

 

 

 

 

9. Summarize the conversation that Winnie and her grandmother have with the man in the yellow suit.  

 

 

 

 

10. Why does Winnie decide against running away after all? Give evidence from the novel.   

 

Chapters 6-8 

 

11. When will the Tucks let Winnie go back home?  

 

 

 

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12. How old is Jesse? 

 

 

 

 

13. In detail, explain how the Tuck family discovered that they are immortal. 

 

 

 

 

14. Winnie’s emotions change throughout these chapters. Explain how and why they change. 

 

Chapters 9-11 

15. Choose the best word to describe the Tucks’ home. 

a. Pristine 

b. Cluttered 

c. Well-decorated 

d. Wealthy  

 

16. Put the following statements in chronological order, using the numbers 1-5: 

a. Tuck says they must all go and talk at the pond _____ 

b. Miles and Jesse jump into the pond _____ 

c. Winnie goes into the Tuck’s home _____ 

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d. Winnie meets Tuck _____ 

e. Winnie tells the Tucks that she wants to go home _____ 

 

 

17. Describe Tuck. Do you think that he is a trustworthy man?  

 

 

 

18. What does Winnie tell the Tucks about the man in the yellow suit? How do they react? 

 

 

 

Chapters 12-14 

19. What gets stolen from the Tucks? Why do you think the man in the yellow suit stole it? 

 

 

 

20. Where does Winnie sleep at night?  

 

 

 

21. What does Tuck explain to Winnie when they’re in the rowboat? Do you agree or disagree with that he says? 

 

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22. How does Winnie react to what Tuck tells her in the rowboat? Use evidence from the novel to support your answer.  

 

 

 

 

 

23. Summarize some of Winnie’s thoughts as she lays in the dark and tries to sleep. 

 

 

 

Chapters 15-17 

24. For what does the man in the yellow suit as Winnie’s family? 

 

 

25.Summarize the conversation that the man in the yellow suit has with Winnie’s family. What surprising thing do you learn about him? 

 

 

 

 

26. What is your opinion of the man in the yellow suit? Explain 

 

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27. What does Winnie learn about Miles as she watches him fish?  

 

 

 

Chapters 18-20 

28. Which Tuck does Winnie think is “the dearest of them all”?  

 

 

29. Who told the man in the yellow suit about the Tucks?  

 

 

30. What does the man in the yellow suit threaten to do to the Tucks?  

 

 

 

31. When the constable finally arrives at the Tucks’ home, what does he see? What does he say might happen as a result? Why is this a problem?  

 

 

 

 

32. What do you think will happen to Mae and the other Tucks next? 

 

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Chapters 21-23 

 

33. Circle the word that best describes how Winnie feels when she gets back home:  

a. joyful  

b. grieving 

c. worried 

d. shocked 

 

 

34. What is the weather like in these chapters?  

a. freezing cold 

b. extremely hot 

c. pleasant and sunny  

d. windy and stormy 

 

 

35. In these chapters, we read that Winnie thinks that “Mae must not go to the gallows.” What do you think will happen is Mae does go? 

 

 

 

36. Jesse gives Winnie a bottle of the enchanted water. o you think she should drink it? Explain why or why not.  

 

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37. What will the Tucks and Winnie do to try to save Mae? Do you think their plan will work?  

 

 

 

 

Chapters 24 and 25 and Epilogue 

38. To whom does Winnie give her bottle of magical water?  

 

 

 

 

39. In what year did Winnie die?  

 

 

 

 

40. List two good outcomes and two bad outcomes that you think occurred as a result of Winnie meeting the Tucks.  

 

 

 

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41. Explain how and why Tuck feels conflicted when he realizes that Winnie has passed away.  

 

 

 

 

42. Do you like or dislike the ending to the story? Explain your opinion.