• In what ways can life be seen as a cycle or wheel?

• What is the purpose of death in the world of living things?

• What are some ways that people grow and change as they experience the different stages of life?

• How might living forever be both a blessing and a curse?

• How can the certainty of death influence the way we choose to live our lives?

• List the words and phrases Babbitt uses to describe the first week in August.

• How does the author create a feeling of suspense in the prologue? Write down a few questions the prologue raised in your mind.

•Draw the first house, the road, and the wood in Treegap as you picture them after reading Chapter 1. Use colors if you'd like, and label or explain as needed.

•Make a character map of Mae Tuck.

•How are Angus's and Mae's personalities different? How can you tell?

•What questions does this chapter raise in your mind?

•How does Winnie feel about her life?

•Describe a time when you had feelings similar to Winnie's or thought about running away.

•Make a character map of Winnie.

•For whom or what do you think the man in the yellow suit is searching?

•How do you feel about the man in the yellow suit? What sensory details make you feel this way?

•Predict one or two events that might happen next in the story.

•How does Winnie respond to Jesse? What do you think of him?

•What do you think Mae Tuck means when she says, "The worst is happening at last"?

•List the questions that formed in your mind at the end of this chapter.

•Describe the many different emotions felt by the Tucks and by Winnie at this point in the story.

•Do you sympathize with the Tucks' feelings? Why or why not?

•Can you relate to Winnie's feelings? Why or why not?

•How do Winnie's visions of what it would be like to be kidnapped compare with her actual experience?

•What do you think about the Tucks' story? Support your thinking with examples from the book.

•If you were Winnie, would you believe their story? Why or why not?

•Summarize what has happened to the Tucks since they drank from the spring.

•List some parts of Chapter 7 that are fantasy and others that are realistic.

•Summarize the different feelings Mae, Jesse, and Miles Tuck have about living forever.

•How does Winnie feel about her life and about the Tucks now? What is one of the major ways in which Winnie has changed? Give evidence from the story.

•Compare and contrast Winnie's home and the Tucks' home. What key words describe Winnie's home and the Tucks' cottage?

•Draw a picture of a room in the Tucks' cottage, based on details in the text.

•What feelings does Winnie experience as she tours the cottage and eats dinner with the Tucks in the parlor?

•What familiar or recurring images appear in Chapters 12 and 13? Where in the book have these images been described before?

•How are these recurring images related to the theme of the story?

•Describe the central theme of the story in your own words.

•Do you think the wheel is a good symbol for life? Why or why not?

•What does Tuck mean by the statement "You can't have living without dying"?

•Discuss the characters' different perspectives. Why do other characters' differing perspectives create confusion for Winnie?

•How are Winnie's feelings toward the Tucks changing?

•Identify any recurring images in today's reading and discuss what themes or ideas the images suggest.

•When fishing with Miles, why does Winnie kill a mosquito but ask Miles to let the trout go free?

•Describe Winnie's feelings toward the Tucks now.

•Why does Mae react so strongly to the stranger's plan, and how does this scene mark a turning point for Winnie?

•Free choice (Use Think Sheet 6 or 7 to help you decide.)

•Why is Mae in danger? Support your answer.

•Winnie recognizes that she is different when she returns home. How has Winnie changed? Show proof for your answer. (You could create a before-and-after Venn diagram for this.)

•What does it mean to grow up? Are there parts of growing up that are "satisfying and lonely, both at once," as Winnie describes? Explain.

•Create a story graph for Tuck Everlasting.

•Identify any recurring images and explain what they suggest.

•How do the author's descriptions of the weather add drama and emphasize a change in Winnie?

•Write about responsibility and obeying the law. What are some variations and exceptions? In what ways is Winnie facing these issues?.

•What vivid words and phrases does the author use in Chapter 24? Do these details make the chapter more interesting or exciting? Why?

•"Stone walls do not a prison make, / Nor iron bars a cage." How does this relate to the story?

•Predict whether or not Winnie will choose to drink the spring water when she is seventeen years old..

•If you were in Winnie's place, would you drink the spring water? Give reasons for your answer.

•Note any recurring images and what they suggest.

•List details from the epilogue that show time has passed since the last time the Tucks were in Treegap..

•Why does Tuck say "Good girl" when he sees Winnie's gravestone?