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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do the insects feel the way they do when they see they are in the sea?
(a) They have never seen the sea before.
(b) They are finally on an adventure.
(c) They cannot swim.
(d) They know they are helping James.

2. What color are the beans that the old man has?
(a) Silver.
(b) Yellow.
(c) Green.
(d) Blue.

3. Who provides James with what he needs to save the peach from the sharks?
(a) The lady bug.
(b) The centipede.
(c) The spider.
(d) The glow worm.

4. What does James say he needs to save the peach from the sharks?
(a) Some string.
(b) Poison.
(c) A flashlight.
(d) A hook.

5. What do the creatures in the peach say they have been waiting for?
(a) Their guest of honor.
(b) Sunrise.
(c) Sunset.
(d) James.

6. Who notices the sharks coming to the peach?
(a) The Glow Worm.
(b) The Grasshopper.
(c) The Centipede.
(d) James.

7. How big is the peach when it rests on the ground?
(a) As big as a tree.
(b) As big as a tent.
(c) As big as a house.
(d) As big as a car.

8. Why does the old man give James the beans?
(a) To punish the aunts.
(b) To cheer him up.
(c) To get rid of them.
(d) To make some money.

9. Why do the other insects not believe what the ladybug thinks when the peach stops rolling?
(a) They think she got her head hurt.
(b) They think she fell out of her bed.
(c) They thinks she is sick from the rolling.
(d) They think she always feels that way.

10. What do the voices in the center of the peach say when James enters?
(a) They are happy to meet him.
(b) They have been waiting for him.
(c) They can leave now.
(d) They are afraid of him.

11. How big is the peach when James starts to climb the tree?
(a) As big as a melon.
(b) As big as a balloon.
(c) As big as a globe.
(d) As big as an apple.

12. What item was James allowed to bring with him to his aunts' house?
(a) Nothing.
(b) A book.
(c) A stuffed animal.
(d) A toothbrush.

13. What do the creatures in the center of the peach say they feel as they look at James?
(a) Hungry.
(b) Anxious.
(c) Proud.
(d) Curious.

14. Who notices the peach on the tree?
(a) Aunt Sponge.
(b) Aunt Spiker.
(c) Aunt Spittle.
(d) Aunt Spoke.

15. Why does James live with his aunts?
(a) It was stated in the will.
(b) They requested it.
(c) He likes them.
(d) His parents died.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does James do at night after the peach is grown?

2. How does Aunt Spiker die?

3. What killed James' parents?

4. What is said to calm the Earthworm down when she gets worried about being at sea?

5. What does James feel as the peach begins to roll?

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