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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 does Brenda tell Jess about Leslie in Chapter 10?
(a) That she thinks Jess is a gross boy.
(b) That she is dead.
(c) That Leslie told everyone about Terabithia.
(d) That she is her new best friend.

2. Who wants to go pay respects with Jess and his father?
(a) May Belle.
(b) Brenda.
(c) Joyce Ann.
(d) Ellie.

3. At the Smithsonian, which exhibit does Jess feel a “frightening sense of kinship” with (p.100)?
(a) The large art murals.
(b) he display case with the dinosaur fossils.
(c) The Egyptian mummy exhibit.
(d) The display case holding the Native Americans draped in buffalo skins leading a herd over a cliff, with more Native Americans below, ready to butcher.

4. What does Jess’s mother feed him for breakfast the morning after he was told Leslie is dead?
(a) Bacon and eggs.
(b) Pancakes.
(c) Biscuits and gravy.
(d) Waffles and sausage.

5. What does Jess resolve to tell Leslie in Chapter 10?
(a) That he no longer wants to be her friend.
(b) That he does not feel comfortable around Mr. Burke.
(c) That he does not believe the Bible.
(d) That he doesn’t want to go to Terabithia until the creek dries up.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is unusual when Jess returns home from the gallery?

2. In Chapter 7, how long has it been since Jess and Leslie had been to Terabithia together?

3. What happens while Jess is milking Miss Bessie in Chapter 10?

4. What do Brenda and Ellie accuse Jess of the morning after finding out Leslie is dead?

5. What happens to Jess’s father in Chapter 8?

Short Essay Questions

1. At the beginning of Chapter 9, Jess muses on the differences between his own mother and Judy, Leslie’s mother. What differences does he think about?

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

3. Even though Leslie was a strong swimmer, how is it plausible that she drowned? What do the adults and authorities think happened?

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

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

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

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

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

9. How Jesse’s father is portrayed differently in Chapter 11? What does he do?

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

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