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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 do with what he retrieves from under his mattress in Chaper 12?

2. What has been done with Leslie’s body in Chapter 12?

3. Who is afraid of the water in Chapter 9?

4. Who finds Jess and comforts him at the creek in Chapter 12?

5. What season is it in Chapter 7?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Miss Edmunds want Jess to see in the galleries?

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

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

5. Even though Leslie was a strong swimmer, how is it plausible that she drowned? What do the adults and authorities think happened?

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

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

8. 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?

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

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

What provokes Jess and Leslie to befriend Janice when they find her crying?

Essay Topic 2

Lark Creek Elementary School does not have enough sports equipment for all the students. Likewise, Jess describes his house as “rattly” and the surrounding properties as downtrodden and worn. What does this suggest about the neighborhood and community where Jess is living?

Essay Topic 3

What guilt and what fear does Jess overcome in his rescue of May Belle? Why and for whom does Jess build the bridge into Terabithia? How does this action relate to Jess's friendship with Leslie?

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