Table of Contents
- 1 What reason does the man in the yellow suit give to the Constableabout why he is going to go ahead?
- 2 What does the man in the yellow suit threaten to do to the Tucks?
- 3 What excuse did the man in the yellow suit give for not reporting the kidnapping sooner?
- 4 Why were the pebbles piled upon the spurt of water?
- 5 Why does the man in the Yellow Suit want to get to Winnie?
- 6 Why does the man in the yellow suit go to the Fosters?
What reason does the man in the yellow suit give to the Constableabout why he is going to go ahead?
He tells the constable that he’ll go up ahead and scout the place out because he is supposedly worried about the child. This is partly a lie. He doesn’t intend to wait for the constable. He wants to hurry to get the Tucks’ secret, but he also wants to hurry just to get away from the annoying constable.
What offer does the man in the yellow suit give to the Tucks?
The man in the yellow suit proposes that the Tucks show him the spring and help him sell it to wealthy people. He would do things to them in demonstrations to people to show the people that the Tucks are immortal.
What does the man in the yellow suit threaten to do to the Tucks?
The man in the yellow suit wants to take Winnie and expose the Tuck family’s secret of immortality. Mae Tuck is absolutely unwilling to let that happen, so she attacks the man by hitting him in the head with the stock of a shotgun.
Why does the man in the yellow suit think that the tucks will not tell him about the water how is the man mistaken?
What does the man in the yellow suit think that the Tucks will not tell him about the water? How is the man mistaken? He says they are selfish. The Tucks are trying to protect others.
What excuse did the man in the yellow suit give for not reporting the kidnapping sooner?
What excuse does the Man in the Yellow Suit give the Constable when asked why he didn’t report Winnie’s kidnapping right away? He was too scared of the Tucks to tell anyone. He didn’t know where the Constable was.
Why is it so important to the tucks that Mae not go to the gallows?
Why was it so important that Mae not go to the gallows? She wouldn’t be able to die and the secret of the spring would be revealed (Both A & B). “Toads don’t drink water, Winifred. It wouldn’t do him any good.”
Why were the pebbles piled upon the spurt of water?
Why were the pebbles piled upon the spurt of the water? The pebbles were piled upon the spurt of the water because that was the water of everlasting. The pebbles were piled so no one would drink it.
Why does the Yellow Suit want to get to the Tucks?
The reason that the man in the yellow suit wants to get to the Tucks’ house first is not for the safety of Winnie. If fact, he is only using Winnie’s return to get ownership of the forest so that he can sell the spring water that appears to cause eternal life.
Why does the man in the Yellow Suit want to get to Winnie?
The sneaky Man in the Yellow Suit has convinced the constable that he wants to get to the Tucks’s house in order to save poor little Winnie from their evil clutches. It’s all a complete lie, of course; old Yellowbelly just wants to get his greedy mitts on the forest and with it the spring of eternal life.
How did Mae kill the man in the Yellow Suit?
He strikes a deal with Winnie’s father to bring Winnie back in exchange for assuming ownership of the wood. When he attempts to take Winnie away from the Tucks and threatens to make her drink the water so that she can prove to potential buyers how well it works, Mae hits him over the head with the butt of her rifle, ultimately killing him.
Why does the man in the yellow suit go to the Fosters?
As a murderer, Mae will be sentenced to the gallows, which would certainly give away their secret. The man in the yellow suit goes to the Foster household to blackmail them. The Fosters know that Winnie is missing. They do not know if she has run away or been kidnapped.