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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. How many sisters does Jess have?
(a) Four.
(b) Two.
(c) Three.
(d) One.

2. What do the boys do during recess in Chapter 3?
(a) Chase the girls.
(b) Race each other.
(c) Play baseball.
(d) Pick up garbage.

3. Who wins the race at recess in Chapter 3?
(a) Jess.
(b) Leslie Burke.
(c) May Belle.
(d) Gary Fulcher.

4. What song do the students sing together in music class in Chapter 4?
(a) “The Star-Spangled Banner”.
(b) “Free to Be You and Me”.
(c) “This Land is your Land”.
(d) “God Bless America”.

5. What grade is Jess and Leslie in?
(a) Fifth.
(b) Fourth.
(c) Ninth.
(d) Seventh.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jess wait to hear before getting out of bed in the morning?

2. What does Jess like to do early in the morning?

3. Who doesn’t May Belle want to play with in Chapter 2?

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

5. Who wins all of the races the first week of school?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Katherine Paterson mean when, on page 3, Jess is described as having more grit than any other 10-year-old?

3. What does Jess want to do with his drawings, as described in Chapter 3?

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

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

6. Why is Jess not interested in the fact that he will have new neighbors in the Perkins’ place?

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

8. Who acts like a bully in Chapter 5?

9. Why does Jess run every morning during his summer vacation?

10. What is Jess initially afraid of when he does smile at Leslie?

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