Bridge to Terabithia Bridge to Terabithia QuestionsQuestions

Chapter 1 QuestionsChapter 1 Questions Why is Jess wearing neither shirt

nor shoes? Why has he gotten up early

every morning in the summer? Why does Jess like May Belle? Who is Miss Bessie? What news does May Belle

share with Jess in the bean patch?

Chapter 2 QuestionsChapter 2 Questions What does Jess keep under the

mattress? How do we know Jess loves to draw? How did Jess‘s father react when his

son told him that he wanted to be an artist?

Who is Miss Edmunds? What was Jess‘s first reaction when

he met Leslie Burke?

Chapter 3 QuestionsChapter 3 Questions

Who is Mr. Turner? How is Leslie different from the other

students? Why is Mrs. Myers unhappy with her new

class? What did the boys organize outside once they

had been dismissed after eating their lunch? Why were the boys stunned at the results of

Jess‘s heat? Why does Jess sit beside May Belle on the

bus?

Chapter 4 QuestionsChapter 4 Questions

Why wasn't running fun anymore? How do you know that Jess really likes Miss

Edmunds? What did Leslie mean by the statement,

"Money is not the problem"? Why was Leslie unable to do the project on

Jacques Cousteau? According to Leslie, what was the only way

that someone would be able to get to their magic country?

What did Leslie name their new secret land? Why did Leslie and Jess avoid one another

during school hours?

Chapter 5 QuestionsChapter 5 QuestionsWho was the "real" giant in their

lives? What plan of action do they decide

on to pay back Janice Avery? What was the hardest part of the

plan to get Janice Avery? How does Leslie prevent Mrs.

Pierce from discovering Jess in the classroom?

Chapter 6 QuestionsChapter 6 Questions

What two things did Jess plan to give Leslie for Christmas initially?

Why did Jess get off the bus before his normal stop?

What does Leslie give Jess for Christmas?

Describe the scene at Jess‘s house on Christmas Day.

Chapter 7 QuestionsChapter 7 Questions What happened when Jess tried to go

to Terabithia alone? Compare the relationship between

Leslie and her father and Jess and his father.

Why did Jess feel differently when he was at Leslie's house?

Who does Leslie discover crying in the bathroom stall? Why was this person crying?

Chapter 8 QuestionsChapter 8 Questions What was unusual about the weather

in the beginning of Chapter 8? Why did the Aarons family only go to

church at Easter? Why would the girls not be wearing

new clothes to church this Easter? How did Jess‘s sisters react to the

news about their father? Why does Leslie say she would like

to go to church with Jess‘s family?

Chapter 9 QuestionsChapter 9 Questions Explain why this chapter is

called The Evil Spell. What does Jess wake up to in

the middle of the night? What is the "flaw" that Jess

recognizes in his own character and doesn't like.

According to Jess, what will Leslie still want to do despite the heavy rains?

Chapter 10 QuestionsChapter 10 Questions

What does Jess want Leslie to teach him how to do in the summer?

Who called Jess and what did the caller want?

What didn't occur to Jess until the car was past Millsburg?

When does Jess first realize that something is wrong?

Chapter 11 QuestionsChapter 11 Questions How did Jess react when he was

given the news? Why does Brenda Aarons

express surprise at her brother's behavior?

Why does Jess’s father suggest that they should pay a visit to the neighbors?

Chapter 12 QuestionsChapter 12 QuestionsWhy does Jess think that Leslie

has failed him? What is the significance of the

phrase, “I am now the fastest runner in the fifth grade” ?

Why did Bill give P.T. to Jess?

Chapter 13 QuestionsChapter 13 Questions

What did Jess want to make for Leslie’s funeral in Terabithia?

Why did Mrs. Myers ask Jess to step into the hall?

What two important events happen at the end of the story?  Why are they so important?