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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 is unusual when Jess returns home from the gallery?
(a) His entire family is waiting for him by the road.
(b) No one is at his house.
(c) Leslie is waiting for him at the road.
(d) His father’s truck is already parked in front of the house.

2. What is Jess’ mother worried had happened in Chapter 10?
(a) That he drowned in the creek.
(b) His mother wasn’t worried.
(c) That he was kidnapped.
(d) That he ran away.

3. Where does Jess’ dad go early every morning?
(a) To get the paper.
(b) To look for a job.
(c) He doesn’t go anywhere because he has been laid off.
(d) To work.

4. What happened during the month of March?
(a) It rained nonstop.
(b) It didn’t rain.
(c) There was a snowstorm.
(d) There was a drought.

5. What observations does Jess make about Leslie’s mother in Chapter 9?
(a) Her eyes are glassy and focused on something far away.
(b) That she is much shorter than his mother.
(c) That she watches a lot of television.
(d) That she eats a lot.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who carries P.T. across the water?

2. Who sleeps in Jess’s bed with him in Chapter 12?

3. What does Brenda tell Jess about Leslie in Chapter 10?

4. What is the special smile that Mrs. Myers beams at Leslie becoming known as?

5. Where do Jess and his parents go at the beginning of Chapter 12?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why does Jess want to help Janice Avery? What does this say about his

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

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

6. Why is Jesse upset that Leslie is being cremated?

7. Why is Jess relieved when Leslie doesn’t tell her parents about Terabithia?

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

9. Why is Jess’ father home early in Chapter 10, and why is his family gathered around the table?

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

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