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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. Who do Jess and Leslie tell about the letter in Chapter 5?
(a) Miss Bessie.
(b) May Belle.
(c) Miss Edmunds.
(d) Brenda.

2. What does Jess get from his parents for Christmas?
(a) New running shoes.
(b) An electric racing car set.
(c) A watercolor set, paint tubes and a pad of paper.
(d) New books.

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

4. Which corner of the cow pasture does Jess start in in Chapter 1?
(a) The northwest corner.
(b) The southeast corner.
(c) The southwest corner.
(d) The northeast.

5. What song does Jess sing for his little sisters on Christmas Eve?
(a) “O Holy Night.”
(b) “Silent Night.”
(c) “Santa Claus is Coming to Town.”
(d) “O Little Town of Bethlehem.”

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Leslie Burke?

2. What does Jess finally get Leslie for Christmas?

3. Who steals from May Belle in Chapter 5?

4. How old is May Belle?

5. What do Jess and Leslie name Leslie’s puppy?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Jess’s mother treat him the day he helps her can beans?

2. Why are the other teachers critical of Miss Edmunds’ appearance?

3. Why doesn’t Jess allow Gary Fulcher to see his drawings?

4. Why doesn’t Jess write about drawing for his hobby report in Mrs. Myer’s class?

5. Why does Jess ignore Leslie during recess in Chapter 3?

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

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

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

9. Why does Leslie hate it in Lark Creek?

10. How does Jess get peace in the evenings?

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