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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do the insects celebrate the small damage done by the sharks?
(a) They play a game.
(b) They play music.
(c) They have a feast.
(d) They take a nap.

2. What do the Cloud Men threaten to do after the rainbow is ruined?
(a) Make more hailstones.
(b) Cut the seagull lines.
(c) Eat the peach.
(d) Stop making rainbows.

3. How is the falling peach announced to the people in the city?
(a) Air raids are sounded.
(b) There is a story on the radio.
(c) Police men spread the news.
(d) It is not announced at all.

4. What do people in the city think the floating peach is?
(a) A hot air balloon.
(b) A bomb.
(c) An airplane.
(d) A billboard.

5. How does the Centipede defend the peach against the Cloud Men?
(a) He stands guard at the tunnel.
(b) He throws peach chunks at the Cloud Men.
(c) He distracts them.
(d) He chews the rope a cloudman is hanging on to.

6. What event is held to welcome the insects?
(a) A parade.
(b) A play.
(c) A festival.
(d) A party.

7. What instrument does James compare the Grasshopper to?
(a) A French horn.
(b) A violin.
(c) A drum.
(d) A guitar.

8. Who does the silkworm weave ropes for?
(a) Moving companies.
(b) Tightrope walkers.
(c) Firemen.
(d) Sailors.

9. What does James promise before he begins his plan to save the peach from the sharks?
(a) That he will try to protect the Spider's silk.
(b) That he will do it fast.
(c) That he won't let the birds touch the worm.
(d) That he will stay out of harm.

10. What do the critters in the peach do before the peach lands?
(a) Primp and preen.
(b) Collect their things.
(c) Let go one seagull at a time.
(d) Say their goodbyes.

11. What is the person on the ship who sees the floating peach accused of?
(a) Staying up too late.
(b) Hitting his head.
(c) Spinning tales.
(d) Drinking.

12. What do city people think the people in the peach are?
(a) Aliens.
(b) People.
(c) Soldiers.
(d) Actors.

13. What direction has the peach floated over?
(a) West.
(b) East.
(c) South.
(d) North.

14. How does James get the peach to get closer to the land?
(a) He uses hot air to direct it.
(b) He cuts seagulls loose.
(c) He eats the peach.
(d) He has the grasshopper use his wings.

15. Why do people in the city feel the way they do when they see the peach?
(a) They think it is an advertisement.
(b) They think it is part of the war.
(c) They think it is part of the circus.
(d) They see things like that all the time.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is the Centipede saved from what was spilled on?

2. What spilled on the Centipede when he was helping with the Cloud Men?

3. What kind of company does the Centipede start working for?

4. What do the firefighters do when they see the people in the peach?

5. What do the policemen do when they see the people on the peach?

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