Bridge to Terabithia
Comprehension Questions
Write these questions out and the answers in your English book
1. Have you ever known anyone like Leslie? What might it be like to have a friend like Leslie?
2. In what ways is Leslie different from the other students at Lark Creek School? How do the other students treat her?
3. How does Jess react when Gary Fulcher wants to see his drawing? What do you learn about Jess from his reaction?
4. Describe the secret place that Leslie and Jess create. Why is this place so special and so important to them?
Week 5 Questions
1. How does Jesse show sensitivity to Leslie on her first day of school?
2. How does the author let you know that Jesse's family is poor?
3. After losing the heat to Leslie, how does Jesse get even with Gary Fulcher?
4. Why does Jesse choose to sit with May Belle on the bus, something he does not often do?
5. Although he wouldn’t be the number one runner in the fourth and fifth grades, Jesse is able to console himself. Explain.
6. Explain what is meant by the following excerpt: “He felt there in the teachers’ room that it was the beginning of a new season in his life, and he chose deliberately to make it so.”
7. What reason does Leslie give for moving to Jesse’s part of the state? How would you feel if you were Leslie?
8. Why does Jesse choose to write about football rather than drawing? How would you have handled the assignment if you were Jesse?