Bridge to Terabithia Final Lesson

FSA ELA Reading Practice Test

By ELA Dept

Read the passages “from Bridge to Terabithia” and “from The Secret Garden” and then answer Numbers 1 through 7.

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Passage 1: from Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson

In this excerpt from Bridge to Terabithia, a young boy remembers the first time he brought his best friend to a favorite place in the woods.​

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Passage 2: from The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett

​Practice Test Directions

Use your read strategies.

​Now answer Numbers 1 through 7. Base your answers on the passages “from Bridge to Terabithia” and “from The Secret Garden.”

Multiple Choice

1. Fill in the bubble before one sentence from Passage 1 that helps explain why Jess changed his mind about the forest.

• 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.” (paragraphs 3–7)

• ‘But you don’t have to be scared.

• It’s not haunted with evil things.’

• ‘Oh, but it is,’ she said.

• ‘How do you know?’

Multiple Choice

2. Part A What is the theme of Passage 1?

• 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.

Multiple Choice

2. Part B How do Jess and Leslie’s actions support the theme from Part A?

• 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.

Multiple Select

3. Select to show whether each option describes Jess and Leslie in Passage 1.

• Jess

  c-is not sure if the forest is haunted

  e-changes after arriving in Terabithia

• Jess

  a-becomes a leader in the forest

  g-suggests listening to better understand the forest

• Leslie

  b-becomes a leader in the forest

  h-suggests listening to better understand the forest

• Leslie

  d-forest is not sure if the forest is haunted

  f-changes after arriving in Terabithia

Multiple Choice

4. Part A In Passage 2, 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. than flowers.

• C The rosebushes have large, long branches.

• D The rosebushes are more leaves

Multiple Choice

4. Part B Why is this 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.

Multiple Choice

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.

Multiple Choice

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

• A to show how interested 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

• D to show how much the garden reminds Mary of other places

Draw

7. Select each option that describes the setting of Passage 1, Passage 2, and / or both passages.

Fill in the Blanks

Now answer Numbers 8 through 10. Choose the correct word or phrase for each of the following.

​Focus got this!

Multiple Choice

8. Choose the correct word or phrase for each of the following.

This is how our brain protected our eyes.

• A has protected

• B protects

• C will protect

• D correct as is

Multiple Choice

9. Choose the correct word or phrase for each of the following.

Yes; it can.

• A Yes,

• B Yes:

• C Yes

• D correct as is

Multiple Choice

10. Choose the correct word or phrase for each of the following.

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

Read the passage and then answer Numbers 11 through 13. There are three underlined words or phrases in the passage to show which word or phrase may be incorrect.

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Multiple Choice

11. What does the conjunction “but” do in the sentence?

• A It supports an opinion.

• B It introduces a new topic.

• C It connects opposite ideas.

• D It presents another explanation.

Multiple Choice

12. Choose the correct punctuation.

• A smell, color and, appearance

• B smell color, and appearance

• C smell, color, and, appearance

• D correct as is

Multiple Choice

13. . Choose the correct spelling.

• A oportunnity

• B opportunity

• C opportunitty

• D correct as is