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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. May Belle tells Jess he’s “yeller”. What does this mean?

2. Who do Jess and Leslie tell about the letter in Chapter 5?

3. What does Miss Edmunds ask Jess to see in Chapter 4?

4. What grade is Jess and Leslie in?

5. When does Jess tell Leslie to meet him so that he can give Leslie her present?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why won’t Jess show his drawings to his dad?

2. Why does Jess feel one must swing into Terabithia over the creek gully, rather than just walk through it?

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

4. What do Jess and Leslie believe Janice Avery hates above all else?

5. Why doesn’t Jess write about drawing for his hobby report in Mrs. Myer’s class?

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

7. How do Jess’ sisters manipulate his mother into giving them money for school shopping?

8. How does Jess get peace in the evenings?

9. What motivates Jess to smile at Leslie in Chapter 4?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Jess and Leslie create an imaginary land called Terabithia. How is Terabithia both literally and figuratively an escape for them? For Jess, why is Terabithia an escape? For Leslie, why is Terabithia an escape? Why does Jess believe Leslie is fit to be a queen?

Essay Topic 2

What are Jess's immediate reactions to Leslie's death? How normal are they? What would happen if he did not go through them?

Essay Topic 3

What is unsatisfying about Jess's relationship to his parents? Who, if anyone, is at fault for this? What needs to be done to improve the relationship? Does this happen in the novel?

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