When the thunder erupts to cover the sound
, Miles is able to remove the window. As they pull Mae out, the Tucks fall into a heap on the ground. Each Tuck hugs and kisses Winnie before Miles lifts her through the window to take Mae’s place in the cell. Jesse reminds Winnie to come for him when she is 17 years old.
How did Miles participate in Mae’s escape?
When the thunder erupts to cover the sound
, Miles is able to remove the window. As they pull Mae out, the Tucks fall into a heap on the ground. Each Tuck hugs and kisses Winnie before Miles lifts her through the window to take Mae’s place in the cell. Jesse reminds Winnie to come for him when she is 17 years old.
How does Miles plan to free Mae What is Winnie’s role in Mae’s escape?
Miles’s plan to break Mae out of jail is fairly straightforward.
He plans to remove the entire barred window from its frame
. That will give Mae enough room to climb out through the enlarged hole. He is able to do this with a fair amount of confidence because he works as a carpenter when he is away from the Tuck family.
Why did Winnie help Mae escape?
Winnie
helps the Tucks escape from Treegap by first taking the place of Mae
. When she did that it allowed the Tucks to have time to run away and escape so they can be safe. How do the Fosters’ react to Winnie being an accomplice to the Tucks’ escape?
What does miles invite Winnie do?
What does Miles invite Winnie to do? He invites her
to go fishing for their breakfast
.
Why did Winnie feel guilty?
What made Winnie feel guilty? She
thought the Tucks were criminals and they were not
.
Why is Winnie so worried about Mae Tuck going to the gallows what things might happen if she did?
Winnie tries to help by convincing her parents to drop the kidnapping charges, but when the man in the yellow suit dies from his wounds, Mae is charged with murder. Winnie knows that if Mae is sent to the gallows,
everyone will witness that she cannot die
.
Why does Winnie feel as though she is cooped up in a cage?
Why does Winnie feel as though she is cooped up in a cage?
She looks like a chicken. She is stuck at her house. She has claustrophobia.
Why did Winnie not drink the water?
One reason Winnie decides not to drink the water is
because she wants to experience life at other ages than only ten years old
, the age at which she first meets the Tucks. When a person drinks the water, they are frozen at that age for eternity.
What bargain did the man in the yellow suit make with the Fosters?
What bargain did the man in the yellow suit make with the Fosters?
He would give them the music box and elves
. He would tell them where Winnie was in exchange for the ownership of the wood. He would give them his share of the gold if they would tell him where the Tucks live.
What did Winnie say about the toad?
Winnie promises the toad that she will leave home.
She lives in a house in the woods and feels isolated, telling the toad “
I don’t think I can stand it much longer.
” This leads her to want to see what the world has to offer.
Why did Mae hit the man in the yellow suit?
Chapter 20
The Constable checks the Man in the Yellow Suit and says he’s not yet dead, but implies he will be soon. Mae tells him she hit the Man,
because he was going to take Winnie away against her will.
The stranger is the man in the yellow suit. He tells Winnie in Chapter Four that
he is looking for a family
. … All that the man in the yellow suit knows is the story that his grandmother told him. That story was about a family that supposedly had the ability to live forever.
Why did Winnie decide she wasn’t afraid of the Tucks?
Winnie is no longer afraid of the Tucks
because they seem gentle and childlike
.
How do the Tucks make Winnie feel better?
The Tucks make Winnie feel better
by talking to her
, and telling her that they will bring her back to her parents in the morning.
Why didn’t Winnie call out to the man in the yellow suit for help?
She also,
instinctively perhaps
, doesn’t call out to the Man in the Yellow Suit for help. Maybe she subconsciously knows that he is worse than her “kidnappers” are. As for the Tucks, they give the reader many clues to the gravity of their secret.
