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 sanwiched 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
This is the day that school starts after Jesse's summer vacation.
What is the Tuesday after Labor Day?
300
Mom cooks grits and other southern food because she is from this state.
What is Georgia?
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
These are the initials carved into Jesse's desk.
What are BR and SK?
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
It is the time and place Ms. Edmunds teaches Music at Jesse's school.
What is Friday in the teachers' room?
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.