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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. Who doesn’t get new church clothes in Chapter 8?

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

4. When does Leslie finally tell Jess what happened with Janice Avery?

5. What do Jess and Leslie see at the creek bed that leads them to Terabithia?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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?

Essay Topic 3

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

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