Bridge to Terabithia
The Secret Garden
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Editing Task #1
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2-Part A: What is the theme of Bridge to Terabithia?

a. Nature can have a powerful effect on people.

b. Children need friends who can keep secrets.

c. People can find interesting things in forests.

d. Children often benefit from being quiet.

a. Nature can have a powerful effect on people.

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6. Why does the narrator show Mary talking to herself.

a. to show how nervous Mary is about the garden

b. to show how nervous Mary feels inside the garden

c. to show how little Mary understands about the garden

a. to show how nervous Mary is about the garden

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7-Part 1: Select whether each option describes the setting of Bridge to Terabithia, The Secret Garden, or both passages. Write your letter choices.

The place is dark.

The mood is calm.

The plants my be dying.

The place is dark. - A

The mood is calm. - F

The plants my be dying. - H

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This is how our brain protected our eyes.

a. has protected

b. protects

c. will protect

d. correct as is

b. protects

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2-Part B: How do Jess and Leslie's actions support the theme of Bridge to Terabithia?

a. They promise not to tell anyone about Terabithia.

b. They are excited about seeing the forest every day.

c. They decide not to talk when in the forest.

d. They are determined to keep Terabithia sacred.

d. They are determined to keep Terabithia sacred.

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5. What role does paragraph 11 have in the passage?

a. It shows how difficult it is to keep gardens healthy.

b. It helps explain the reasons why Mary is fond of flowers.

c. It provides a setting where Mary can meet new characters.

d. It helps create the idea that the garden has been abandoned.

d. It helps create the idea that the garden has been abandoned.

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7-Part 2: Select whether each option describes the setting of Bridge to Terabithia, The Secret Garden, or both passages. Write your letter choice.

Effort is made to be quiet.

No one has been there for years.

Effort is made to be quiet. - L

No one has been there for years. - M

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Yes; it can.

a. Yes,

b. Yes:

c. Yes

d. correct as is

a. Yes,

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1. Which sentence from Bridge to Terabithia helps explain why Jess changed his mind about the forest?

a. "'I used to think this place was haunted,' Jess had confessed to Leslie the first after noon he had revved up his courage to bring her there. 

b. 'Oh, but it is,' she'd said. 'But you don't have to be scare. It's not haunted with evil things.'

c. 'How do you know?'

d. 'I can just feel it. Listen.'

e. At first he heard only stillness.

f. It was the stillness that had always frightened him before, but this time it was like the moment after Miss Edmunds finished a song, just after the chords hummed down to silence."

f. It was the stillness that had always frightened him before, but this time it was like the moment after Miss Edmunds finished a song, just after the chords hummed down to silence."

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4. In The Secret Garden, what does the author mean by saying the roses "were like little trees"? (paragraph 11)

a. The rosebushes have thick trunks.

b. The rosebushes are tall enough to climb.

c. The rosebushes have large, long branches.

d. The rosebushes are more leaves than flowers.

c. The rosebushes have large, long branches.

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It is a very valuable tool because it lets you turn your back to the Sun and protect your eyes.

a. let

b. is letting

c. has let

d. correct as is

d. correct as is

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3: Write your letter choice each option describes Jess or Leslie in Bridge to Terabithia.

becomes a leader in the forest

is not sure if the forest is haunted

changes after arriving in Terabithia

suggests listening to better understand the forest

becomes a leader in the forest Leslie - B

is not sure if the forest is haunted Jess - C

changes after arriving in Terabithia Jess - E

suggests listening to better understand the forest Leslie - H

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4-Part B: Why is the description of the roses important?

a. It shows that the garden lacks color.

b. It shows that the rosebushes may be hard to cut down.

c. It shows that the garden may be dangerous to play in.

d. It shows that the rosebushes have been ignored for a long time.

d. It shows that the rosebushes have been ignored for a long time.

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A solar eclipse happen when the Moon moves between Earth and the Sun.

a. had happened

b. will happen

c. should happens

d. correct as is

b. will happen

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