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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 drives back and forth to Washington for work?

3. What did Leslie say is the reason her parents moved to Lark Creek?

4. Who wins all of the races the first week of school?

5. What does Leslie give Jess for Christmas?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Jess want to get something special for May Belle for Christmas?

2. Why does Jess ignore Leslie during recess in Chapter 3?

3. Who does Jess show his drawings to and why?

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

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

6. Why does Joyce Ann cry on Christmas Eve?

7. How does a specific kid bully others in Chapter 5?

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

9. Why is Jess anxious about making something for Leslie’s Christmas gift?

10. Why does Jess make dinner for his younger sisters? What does he make?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What provokes Jess and Leslie to befriend Janice when they find her crying?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Jess is resentful of his older sisters and the relationship they have with their mother. What is the cause of this tension? How does his relationship differ with his mother compared to his older sisters? How does his mother treat him? How are expectations different for the children?

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