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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. Who is the only one at the table whose head isn’t down in Chapter 11?

2. What is Jess’ mother worried had happened in Chapter 10?

3. What is the rule at Lark Creek, which is more important than anything?

4. What does Jess remember that he has forgotten in Chapter 11?

5. Who sleeps in Jess’s bed with him in Chapter 12?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Jess want to help Janice Avery? What does this say about his

2. What are Jess’s sisters fighting about in Chapter 8?

3. Though Jess does not want to go to Terabithia without Leslie in Chapter 7, he is reluctant to go home. Why?

4. Why do Jess’s sisters accuse him of not caring about Leslie’s death?

5. What does Jess resolve to talk to Leslie about in Chapter 10? What does he anticipate will be her reaction?

6. Describe how Jess and Leslie react differently to the rushing creek in Chapter 8.

7. At the beginning of Chapter 9, Jess muses on the differences between his own mother and Judy, Leslie’s mother. What differences does he think about?

8. How Jesse’s father is portrayed differently in Chapter 11? What does he do?

9. When Jess wakes in the night in Chapter 11, what does he think has happened?

10. Why does Jess describe his day with Miss Edmunds as the “perfect day”?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Jess believes that he and Miss Edmunds love each other. He describes their love and connection as truer and purer than other kinds of love. Describe their relationship. How does Miss Edmunds feel? What is the basis of the their relationship? What relationship might he be replacing with his feelings for Miss Edmunds?

Essay Topic 3

Jess enjoys spending time at Terabithia and with Leslie at her house. Jess avoids going home as much as possible. Why doesn’t Jess like being at home? What happens when he is at home?

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