Characterization
Setting
Conflict
Sequence of Events
Random Trivia
100
He is the main character in the book and it is the title of Chapter 1.
Who is Jesse Oliver Aarons, Jr.?
100
It is the name of the town in which Jesse lives.
What is Lark Creek?
100

It is what Jesse wants to be. Jesse is determined to achieve this dream, so he wakes up early every summer day to practice.

What is the fastest runner in fifth grade?

100
When the story begins, this character is waking up with his sister hanging over him.
Who is Jesse Oliver Aarons, Jr.?
100
This describes the condition of Jesse's feet when he practices running out by the scrap heap.
What is barefoot?
200
She is Jesse's seven-year-old sister who always tags along, and Jesse always tells her what to do.
What is May Belle?
200
It is where Jesse and his family live, but Jesse does most of the work on it because his dad makes money elsewhere, and the girls never do their chores.
What is a farm?
200

This is something of which the Aarons have little. Jesse's older sisters beg for it to go school shopping. Lack of this item causes some problems in the story or conflict for different characters.

What is money?

200
Jesse does this before he milks Miss Bessie on the day the reader first meets Jesse. The reader discovers this is something Jesse loves to do.
What is drawing?
200

Jesse has four of these. He is somewhat sandwiched between them.

What are sisters?

300
She is Jess and Leslie's fifth grade teacher.
Who is Mrs. Meyers?
300
They are the mountains near the town where the story takes place.
What are the Appalachian Mountains?
300
Jesse feels alone because he is the only male around the house; not even the rooster is still around. His dad is away for most of the day working in this city.
What is Washington, D.C.?
300

Jess tells the cow "just go on back to sleep."  The cow has a name, what is it?

Miss Bessie

300

This is the seventh grade bully that Jess sees on the bus and is afraid of.  It was because of her that Jess had to walk 3 miles home

Janice Avery

400
Jesse thinks she is a boy at first, and later she beats Jesse in a footrace.
Who is Leslie Burke?
400
It is the name of the school Jesse and Leslie attend.
What is Lark Creek Elementary?
400
This is a fifth grader who acts like he is better than everyone else. Jesse knows he can beat him in the race.
Who is Gary Fulcher?
400
This is the heat in which Jesse runs, but he is beat by Leslie Burke. (Hint: Gary Fulcher had already run in his heat and won.)
What is the fourth heat?
400

Jess's desk had the initials BR and SK.  What does the book say that these initials meant?

Who used to sat in the desk in previous years 

500

This character does not respect Jesse's artisitc abilities, and he spends most of the day at work or driving there and back.

Who is Jesse's dad?

500

Ms. Edmunds is one of Jess's favorite teachers.  She teaches what subject?

Music

500
Running was not fun after awhile. Jesse blamed this character for taking the fun out of running.
Who is Leslie Burke?
500
Jesse and Leslie create this place after standing up to one of the bullies on the bus on the way home from school.
What is Terabithia?
500

This is the character with whom Jesse sits on the bus after the first day of school.

Who is May Belle?

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