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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Miss Edmunds ask Jess to see in Chapter 4?

2. What does May Belle tell Jess in Chapter 1 about the Perkins’ place?

3. What doesn’t Leslie’s family have?

4. How many sisters does Jess have?

5. Who continues to join the boys at recess in Chapter 4?

Short Essay Questions

1. What motivates Jess to smile at Leslie in Chapter 4?

2. Why does May Belle call Jess “yeller”?

3. Who does Jess show his drawings to and why?

4. Describe Leslie and Jess’s plan of revenge for bullying them and May Belle.

5. Why does Jess want to get something special for May Belle for Christmas?

6. Why do the students at Lark Creek have to eat lunch at their desks?

7. Why is Jess anxious about making something for Leslie’s Christmas gift?

8. What is peculiar about what Leslie is wearing on the first day of fifth grade?

9. Why does Jess feel one must swing into Terabithia over the creek gully, rather than just walk through it?

10. Why does Joyce Ann cry on Christmas Eve?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is unsatisfying about Jess's relationship to his parents? Who, if anyone, is at fault for this? What needs to be done to improve the relationship? Does this happen in the novel?

Essay Topic 2

Jess's irritation with his four sisters, his conflicts with his short-tempered mother, and his defeat in the race for which he trained all summer might have prevented his friendship with Leslie. How would you account for the growth of their friendship?

Essay Topic 3

Jess stands up for Leslie Burke at recess when all of the other boys are telling her to go away. Why does Jess stand up for Leslie? What does this say about his character? What is the result of his kindness?

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