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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. Which holiday is nearing in Chapter 8?
2. In Chapter 8, where does Leslie want Jess to take her?
3. What does Leslie believe has caused the rain in Chapter 9?
4. What season is it in Chapter 7?
5. Where do Jess and his parents go at the beginning of Chapter 12?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why is Jesse upset that Leslie is being cremated?
2. Though Jess does not want to go to Terabithia without Leslie in Chapter 7, he is reluctant to go home. Why?
3. Why does Jess describe his day with Miss Edmunds as the “perfect day”?
4. Why is Jess relieved when Leslie doesn’t tell her parents about Terabithia?
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. Describe how Jess and Leslie react differently to the rushing creek in Chapter 8.
7. What does Jess resolve to talk to Leslie about in Chapter 10? What does he anticipate will be her reaction?
8. How Jesse’s father is portrayed differently in Chapter 11? What does he do?
9. Why do Jess’s sisters accuse him of not caring about Leslie’s death?
10. What is different about the creek bed in Chapter 8?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 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
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?
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