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

2. In Chapter 4, why is Jess happy on Friday?

3. Who is Leslie Burke?

4. Who accuses Jess of tripping them on the bus?

5. What did Jess win one time the previous school year?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do the teachers hate Fridays? What does this suggest about his school?

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

3. What does Jess want from his father?

4. Who acts like a bully in Chapter 5?

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

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

7. Why is Jess not interested in the fact that he will have new neighbors in the Perkins’ place?

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

9. Why are the other teachers critical of Miss Edmunds’ appearance?

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

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

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 3

Jess enjoys spending time at Terabithia and with Leslie at her house. Jess avoids going home as much as possible. Why doesn’t Jess like being at home? What happens when he is at home?

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