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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What point of view is Bridge to Terabithia written in?
(a) Third person limited.
(b) First person.
(c) Third person omniscient.
(d) Second person.

2. Who wouldn’t Jess dare show his drawings to?
(a) The Timmons.
(b) Leslie Burke.
(c) His mother.
(d) His father.

3. How is May Belle related to Jess?
(a) She is his older sister.
(b) She is his dog.
(c) She is his mother.
(d) She is his younger sister.

4. What do Leslie’s parents do for a living?
(a) They are painters.
(b) They are actors.
(c) They are teachers.
(d) They are writers.

5. Besides May Belle, who does Jess like to show his drawings to?
(a) His father.
(b) Leslie Burke.
(c) Brenda.
(d) Miss Edmunds.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the boys do during recess in Chapter 3?

2. May Belle tells Jess he’s “yeller”. What does this mean?

3. What does Leslie write about for her hobby report?

4. What threatens the peace of Terabithia?

5. What word(s) does Jess say to himself before he begins running in Chapter 1?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do the teachers hate Fridays? What does this suggest about his school?

2. Why does Jess blame Leslie for the boys no longer wanting to race?

3. How does Jess get peace in the evenings?

4. What do Jess and Leslie believe Janice Avery hates above all else?

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

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

7. Why does Jess think that he is stupid, as described in Chapter 6?

8. Why doesn’t Jess want anyone to know that he is running?

9. Why does Jess make dinner for his younger sisters? What does he make?

10. Based on initial descriptions of his home and school, what type of neighborhood and community does Jess’s family live in?

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