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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. Why does Jess feel uncomfortable at the Burke’s house in Chapter 12?

2. After Leslie’s encounters with Janice Avery in Chapter 7, Leslie comes into the fifth grade classroom with what?

3. In Chapter 7, how long has it been since Jess and Leslie had been to Terabithia together?

4. Why can’t Mrs. Burke help in Chapter 7?

5. In Chapter 8, where does Leslie want Jess to take her?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why doesn’t Jess’s mom buy her daughers new clothes for Easter Sunday?

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

3. Why does Jess act as if everything is alright after Leslie’s death?

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

5. What does Jess help Mr. Burke and Leslie do?

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

7. Describe how Jess and Leslie react differently to the rushing creek in Chapter 8.

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

9. Why is Jess in such a hurry to get out of his house the morning that Miss Edmunds’ invites him to Washington D.C.?

10. Why is Jess relieved when Leslie doesn’t tell her parents about Terabithia?

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

In Chapter 4, Jess makes a conscious choice to befriend Leslie. Why does he do this? What is the catalyst for the change in Jess?

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