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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 happens while Jess is milking Miss Bessie in Chapter 10?
(a) Prince Terrien scares Miss Bessie.
(b) He receives a telephone call from a woman.
(c) His mother wakes and scolds him for not making breakfast.
(d) Leslie finds him and asks him to go to Terabithia.

2. What does Jess worry about when Miss Edmunds picks him up in Chapter 10?
(a) That May Belle will want to come along.
(b) That Leslie will want to come along.
(c) That his mother will wake up and not allow him to go.
(d) That she will change her mind and not want to take him.

3. What does Jesse retrieve from under his mattress in Chapter 12?
(a) A letter that Leslie had written him in class.
(b) His favorite book.
(c) A blanket that he used to sleep with when he was a baby.
(d) He gets all of the paper and art supplies that Leslie had given him at Christmastime.

4. At the end of Chapter 7, who finds out about Terabithia?
(a) Miss Edmunds.
(b) Mr. Burke.
(c) Jess's mother.
(d) May Belle.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Jess wakes in the middle of the night in Chapter 11, what does he think has happened?

2. Who is the only one at the table whose head isn’t down in Chapter 11?

3. What does Bill ask Jess to do in Chapter 12?

4. When does Leslie finally tell Jess what happened with Janice Avery?

5. Who doesn’t get new church clothes in Chapter 8?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is different about the creek bed in Chapter 8?

2. Why do the Aarons only go to church at Easter?

3. What does Miss Edmunds want Jess to see in the galleries?

4. Describe how Jess and Leslie react differently to the rushing creek in Chapter 8.

5. Though Jess does not want to go to Terabithia without Leslie in Chapter 7, he is reluctant to go home. Why?

6. What does Jess resolve to talk to Leslie about in Chapter 10? What does he anticipate will be her reaction?

7. What is Leslie’s advice for Janice Avery in Chapter 7?

8. Why doesn’t Jess want to go to Terabithia alone?

9. Why is Jess in such a hurry to get out of his house the morning that Miss Edmunds’ invites him to Washington D.C.?

10. Why does Jess describe his day with Miss Edmunds as the “perfect day”?

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