Q 01/05

How does Leslie Burke die in Bridge to Terabithia while Jess is visiting a museum?

A) She falls from the barn roof

B) She is hit by a truck

C) She drowns in the creek

D) She dies of pneumonia

Answer · why

C) She drowns in the creek

She drowns in the creek after a fall knocks her unconscious, on a morning when days of rain have turned the dry gully into a torrent. Jess blames hims...

Q 02/05

Whom does Jess make the new queen of Terabithia after building a bridge over the creek?

A) May Belle

B) Joyce Ann

C) Janice Avery

D) Brenda

Answer · why

A) May Belle

May Belle is the only sister Jess feels close to, and the first to learn the kingdom exists: she had secretly followed him and Leslie to the creek.

Q 03/05

Which household item do Leslie Burke's classmates mock her family for lacking in Bridge to Terabithia?

A) A telephone

B) A television

C) A refrigerator

D) A radio

Answer · why

B) A television

A television is missing from the Burke home, a fact that comes out when Leslie asks Mrs. Myers how to do homework that means watching a programme abou...

Q 04/05

Lisa Hill, the girl whose death inspired Bridge to Terabithia, was killed by what at Bethany Beach, Delaware?

A) A rip current

B) A speeding car

C) A capsized sailboat

D) A lightning strike

Answer · why

D) A lightning strike

A lightning strike killed eight-year-old Lisa, the best friend of the author's son David, in August 1974. The novel's dedication page carries David's ...

Q 05/05

In Bridge to Terabithia, which treat does Janice Avery steal after Jess's sister brags about it on the bus?

A) Twinkies

B) Ding Dongs

C) Moon Pies

D) Fig Newtons

Answer · why

A) Twinkies

Twinkies were a treat her father had brought from town, and she had bragged about them on the bus. Unable to fight Janice, Jess is called "yeller" by ...