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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 Brenda tell Jess about Leslie in Chapter 10?

2. What happens when Jess and Miss Edmunds leave the gallery?

3. What does Jess’s father have to remind him in Chapter 11?

4. What do Brenda and Ellie accuse Jess of the morning after finding out Leslie is dead?

5. What does May Belle ask Jess when he returns from the Perkins’ place in Chapter 12?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Jess want to help Janice Avery? What does this say about his

2. What are Jess’s sisters fighting about in Chapter 8?

3. Why does Mr. Burke find Jess so helpful?

4. What is Leslie’s advice for Janice Avery in Chapter 7?

5. Why is Jess’ father home early in Chapter 10, and why is his family gathered around the table?

6. Why does Jess describe his day with Miss Edmunds as the “perfect day”?

7. Though Jess does not want to go to Terabithia without Leslie in Chapter 7, he is reluctant to go home. Why?

8. What does Jess resolve to talk to Leslie about in Chapter 10? What does he anticipate will be her reaction?

9. When Jess wakes in the night in Chapter 11, what does he think has happened?

10. Why do Jess’s sisters accuse him of not caring about Leslie’s death?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is unsatisfying about Jess's relationship to his parents? Who, if anyone, is at fault for this? What needs to be done to improve the relationship? Does this happen in the novel?

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

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?

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