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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Brenda tell Jess about Leslie in Chapter 10?
(a) That she is dead.
(b) That she is her new best friend.
(c) That she thinks Jess is a gross boy.
(d) That Leslie told everyone about Terabithia.

2. What has been done with Leslie’s body in Chapter 12?
(a) They have not made any decisions yet.
(b) She is laid out in the backroom.
(c) They have already buried it.
(d) They had her body cremated.

3. Where has Prince Terrien been exiled to in Chapter 7?
(a) The garden.
(b) The laundry room.
(c) The attic.
(d) The front porch.

4. What broke, causing Leslie’s death?
(a) One of Leslie’s legs.
(b) Her bicycle chain.
(c) The rope used to swing across the creek.
(d) None of the above.

5. What happens when Jess and Miss Edmunds leave the gallery?
(a) There is a thunder and lightning storm.
(b) He trips down the stairs.
(c) Her car won’t start.
(d) The sun comes out.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What is unusual when Jess returns home from the gallery?

4. What does Bill ask Jess to do in Chapter 12?

5. Where does Jess get invited to go in Chapter 10?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why doesn’t Jess want to go to Terabithia alone?

4. What is different about the creek bed in Chapter 8?

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

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

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

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

9. Why is Jesse upset that Leslie is being cremated?

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

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