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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. What grade is Janice Avery in?

2. What is Jess’s consequence for being accused of tripping someone on the bus?

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

4. What does May Belle call Jess in for in Chapter 1?

5. Which corner of the cow pasture does Jess start in in Chapter 1?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why isn’t running fun for the boys anymore in Chapter 4?

2. What does Jess want from his father?

3. What is Jess initially afraid of when he does smile at Leslie?

4. Why does Leslie hate it in Lark Creek?

5. What does Jess want to do with his drawings, as described in Chapter 3?

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

7. Describe Leslie and Jess’s plan of revenge for bullying them and May Belle.

8. Why does Joyce Ann cry on Christmas Eve?

9. Why does Jess blame Leslie for the boys no longer wanting to race?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Leslie and Jess live in drastically different households. Compare Leslie’s relationship with her parents to the relationship that Jess has with his. In Chapter 4, Jess feels uncomfortable when he learns that Leslie calls her parents by their first names, why is this?

Essay Topic 2

What does it mean to Jess when he makes the funeral wreath in Leslie's memory? What does his experience with May Belle over the creek mean to him?

Essay Topic 3

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

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