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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why can’t Mrs. Burke help in Chapter 7?
(a) She is in a wheelchair from polio.
(b) She is traveling for work.
(c) She is sick with influenza and cannot get out of bed.
(d) She is writing a book.

2. What does Mrs. Burke sometimes do while Jess, Leslie and Mr. Burke are painting and working?
(a) She reads poetry to them.
(b) She cooks treats for them.
(c) Mrs. Burke is not around when they are painting the living room.
(d) She helps.

3. What is Jess’ mother worried had happened in Chapter 10?
(a) That he was kidnapped.
(b) That he ran away.
(c) That he drowned in the creek.
(d) His mother wasn’t worried.

4. Where was Leslie found dead?
(a) In the field.
(b) In her bedroom.
(c) In the creek.
(d) On the tractor.

5. Where does Jess get invited to go in Chapter 10?
(a) To Terabithia by Leslie.
(b) On a trip to Washington D.C. to see the galleries.
(c) To the Burke’s house for dinner.
(d) To work with his father.

6. In Chapter 7, how long has it been since Jess and Leslie had been to Terabithia together?
(a) More than a month.
(b) A week.
(c) More than two months.
(d) Four days.

7. What does Jess remember that he has forgotten in Chapter 11?
(a) To do his homework.
(b) His day in Washington DC with Miss Edmunds.
(c) To milk Miss Bessie.
(d) To walk P.T.

8. Who carries P.T. across the water?
(a) Jess.
(b) Nobody, he swims across.
(c) Judy.
(d) Leslie.

9. What does May Belle ask Jess when he returns from the Perkins’ place in Chapter 12?
(a) She asks Jess if Leslie will go to hell.
(b) She asks if Jess saw Leslie’s body.
(c) She asks Jess if she can use his art supplies.
(d) She asks Jess if Leslie is coming back.

10. Leslie says the finished living room is “worthy to be in ________” what?
(a) “Terabithia.”
(b) “Heaven.”
(c) “A palace.”
(d) “A castle.”

11. Why does Jess feel uncomfortable at the Burke’s house in Chapter 12?
(a) He’s embarrassed of his parents.
(b) The adults are not treating him kindly.
(c) He is the only child and all of the adults are crying and watching him.
(d) He does not like the Burkes.

12. What is unusual when Jess returns home from the gallery?
(a) Leslie is waiting for him at the road.
(b) His father’s truck is already parked in front of the house.
(c) His entire family is waiting for him by the road.
(d) No one is at his house.

13. What does Leslie question Jess about in Chapter 8?
(a) His father’s work situation.
(b) Where milk comes from.
(c) Why he isn’t wearing nice clothing.
(d) Whether he believes the Bible is true or not.

14. When does Leslie finally tell Jess what happened with Janice Avery?
(a) In class by note.
(b) On the school bus home.
(c) At after lunch recess.
(d) After school while they are in Terabithia’s castle stronghold.

15. At the Smithsonian, which exhibit does Jess feel a “frightening sense of kinship” with (p.100)?
(a) he display case with the dinosaur fossils.
(b) The display case holding the Native Americans draped in buffalo skins leading a herd over a cliff, with more Native Americans below, ready to butcher.
(c) The large art murals.
(d) The Egyptian mummy exhibit.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jess do with what he retrieves from under his mattress in Chaper 12?

2. Who wakes up when Jess goes to milk Miss Bessie in Chapter 10?

3. Where does Jess’ dad go early every morning?

4. Which holiday is nearing in Chapter 8?

5. What is the special smile that Mrs. Myers beams at Leslie becoming known as?

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