Characters
This character is the main character in Bridge to Terabithia.
Extra Credit: The literary term that means main character.
Who is Jesse Oliver Aarons, Jr.?
Extra Credit: What is the protagonist?
Jesse is internally conflicted about his hobby, drawing. Why does he feel self conscious about it?
What his father made him feel ashamed about it when he was younger and made him feel like it was a pointless hobby?
These are Jesse's older sisters who get out of doing chores, complain about not having new school supplies, and spend a day shopping while Jesse does all of the work.
Who are Ellie and Brenda?
It is the name of the run down farm house near Jesse's family home?
What is The Perkins Place?
The students at Lark Creek struggle to be liked by their classmates. What was so strange about Leslie's outfit the first day of school compared to the rest of her classmates?
What is she wasn't dressed up?
Why was Janice Avery crying in the girls' room and Leslie reluctantly goes to help.
What is she told her friends her dad beats her?
WHERE does Jess go on his perfect day and WHO does he go with?
What is Washington D.C. & Miss Edmunds?
This is a word that describes the kind of area Jesse lives in, far away from city life.
What is rural or the country?
There is conflict between Jesse and these characters because Jesse has to do all of the work when they choose not to.
Who are Jesse's sisters?
Jess learns this when he returns from his perfect day.
What is Leslie Burke has passed away?
This character is humorous and brave. She is new in town, but she seems confident and happy with who she is; she does not seem to care what other people think.
Who is Leslie Burke?
This is where Jesse's dad travels to for work.
What is Washington, D.C.?
This is what Jesse likes to draw.
What is animals in peculiar situations?
This is the character is forced to sit near the radiator on the first day of school because the class is now packed with 31 students.
Who is Leslie Burke?
He was the bully who replaced Wayne Pettis as the boy in charge of the 5th grade races this year.
Who is Gary Fulcher?
This character is considered the bully for many characters in the book. She pesters Jesse on the bus, the little ones at school, etc.
Who is Janice Avery?
Jesse does not detest school, but this teacher makes school unbearable. She only smiles on the first day of school.
Extra Credit: This teacher's (not nice) nickname.
Who is Mrs. Myers?
Double Jeopardy: What is Monster Mouth Myers?
Jess feels a special connection with Miss Edmunds? Why?
What is because she is the only adult in his life to show him special attention?
These are the books Mrs. Myers asks students to pass out ceremoniously on the first day of school.
HINT: The subject used to be called arithmetic.
What is Math?