Literary Terms
A Single Shard
Vocabulary
The Golden Serpent
Bridge to Terabithia
100
What is a moral?
A moral is a lesson taught in a literary work.
100
Who is the main character?
Tree ear
100
What does biased mean?
Unfair because of a preference or dislike of something.
100
What does Pundabi tell the king is missing?
His Golden Serpent
100
Who are the main characters?
Jess and Leslie
200
What is motivation?
The reason for a character's actions.
200
What did Tree Ear find falling out of the man's backpack?
Rice
200
What does ethical mean?
Having to do with what is right and wrong.
200
How do the villages bring Pundabi the questions?
Written on linen inside loaves of bread.
200
What is Terabithia?
The magical world which Jess and Leslie go to.
300
What is a theme?
The central idea or message.
300
Why did the farmer let Tree-Ear keep the rice?
Because Tree-ear told him the truth
300
What is a debate?
A formal discussion about something in which people share different opinions.
300
Why does the king not want to search for the Golden Serpent anymore?
Because he cannot find it and because he is tired of seeing the poor people in his village.
300
What happens to Leslie?
The rope breaks when she is going to Terabithia and she drowns.
400
What is internal conflict?
Conflict within a character.
400
What does Crane-man say about begging?
That it makes you no better than a dog.
400
What does principle mean?
A moral or set of ideas which makes you behave in a certain way.
400
How does Pundabi trick the king?
He tells the king his Golden Serpent will be waiting for him in his room.
400
Where was Jess the day Leslie dies?
At the art museum with his teacher.
500
What was the moral of The Golden Serpent?
Dont be greedy. Dont trust everyone
500
What is the theme of the story?
That if your do good things, good things will happen to you
500
What does reveal mean?
To make something known that was previously hidden or unseen.
500
What does Pundabi do with the money?
He gives it to the people in the village.
500
What does Jess build at the end of the movie?
A bridge to Terabithia
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