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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 does Jess blame Leslie for in Chapter 12?
2. What is the special smile that Mrs. Myers beams at Leslie becoming known as?
3. Who is afraid of the water in Chapter 9?
4. Why doesn’t Jess want to go to Terabithia when he wakes up Wednesday morning in Chapter 9?
5. Where was Leslie found dead?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is Leslie’s advice for Janice Avery in Chapter 7?
2. At the beginning of Chapter 9, Jess muses on the differences between his own mother and Judy, Leslie’s mother. What differences does he think about?
3. Why is Jess in such a hurry to get out of his house the morning that Miss Edmunds’ invites him to Washington D.C.?
4. How Jesse’s father is portrayed differently in Chapter 11? What does he do?
5. Why is Jess relieved when Leslie doesn’t tell her parents about Terabithia?
6. Why doesn’t Jess’s mom buy her daughers new clothes for Easter Sunday?
7. Why doesn’t Jess want to go to Terabithia alone?
8. Why is Jess’ father home early in Chapter 10, and why is his family gathered around the table?
9. What are Jess’s sisters fighting about in Chapter 8?
10. Why does Jess describe his day with Miss Edmunds as the “perfect day”?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Jess doesn’t have enough money to buy Leslie a Christmas present. He feels a lot of anxiety about making her something and keeps destroying the drawings that he creates. Why does Jess feel so much anxiety about Leslie’s gift? Why does it need to be perfect? What does it represent for Jess? What does he get her?
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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