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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 does Jess’ mother tell him doesn’t get a break even though it is Christmas?

2. Who/what is Miss Bessie?

3. Whose point of view is Bridge to Terabithia written in?

4. What does Jess plan on giving May Belle for Christmas?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do the students at Lark Creek have to eat lunch at their desks?

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

3. How does Jess’s mother treat him the day he helps her can beans?

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

5. Why does Joyce Ann cry on Christmas Eve?

6. Who acts like a bully in Chapter 5?

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

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

9. How does Jess get peace in the evenings?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Paterson uses foreshadowing throughout Bridge to Terabithia to give readers emotional clues about what is to come. What foreshadowing did she provide for what was going to happen to Leslie?

Essay Topic 2

How does Terabithia aid Jess and Leslie in their developing friendship? What do they bring to their imaginary land, and what do they gain from it?

Essay Topic 3

Jess believes that he’s always received less affection than his sisters. More than anything he wants to be able to hug and kiss his father like his younger sisters. Why does Jess feel too old for this? How do his parents treat him differently than his sisters? Why?

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