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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 broke, causing Leslie’s death?
(a) Her bicycle chain.
(b) None of the above.
(c) The rope used to swing across the creek.
(d) One of Leslie’s legs.

2. What do Leslie and Jess wear on their feet when they go to Terabithia during the rainstorm?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Boots.
(c) Galoshes.
(d) Cleats.

3. Who carries P.T. across the water?
(a) Judy.
(b) Leslie.
(c) Nobody, he swims across.
(d) Jess.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to Leslie?

2. What does Jess’s father do to comfort him in Chapter 11?

3. What is the rule at Lark Creek, which is more important than anything?

4. What does Leslie question Jess about in Chapter 8?

5. At the end of Chapter 7, who finds out about Terabithia?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Mr. Burke find Jess so helpful?

2. What are Jess’s sisters fighting about in Chapter 8?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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