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

2. How does one enter Terabithia?
(a) By swinging over the creek bed with the old rope.
(b) By walking through the grove of the pines.
(c) By pretending to swim through the creek bed.
(d) By walking over the narrow plank bridge over the creek bed.

3. Who in real life scares Jess and Leslie?
(a) Willard Hughes.
(b) Miss Bessie.
(c) Janice Avery.
(d) Gary Fulcher.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What point of view is Bridge to Terabithia written in?

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

3. Who does Jess choose to sit next to on the bus in Chapter 3?

4. Why doesn’t Jess run to his father to hug and kiss him like May Belle?

5. Who does Jess make dinner for in Chapter 2?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What is peculiar about what Leslie is wearing on the first day of fifth grade?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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