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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does James sense while he is alone with the peach?
(a) Anger.
(b) Destiny.
(c) Relief.
(d) Magic.

3. What kind of factory does the rolling peach ruin?
(a) A chocolate factory.
(b) A steel factory.
(c) A toothbrush factory.
(d) A cheese factory.

4. Who is happy about the destroyed factory?
(a) The aunts.
(b) The workers.
(c) The children.
(d) The insects.

5. What is the Earthworm most worried about to be at sea?
(a) They will starve.
(b) They will get lost.
(c) They will fall out.
(d) They will drown.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is it strange to see a peach on the tree?

2. Who gets the full effect of the magic beans?

3. What does James compare the fur on the peach to?

4. Why do the other insects not believe what the ladybug thinks when the peach stops rolling?

5. Where does James go to cry when the aunts refuse his request?

Short Essay Questions

1. What worries the Earthworm the most about being at sea?

2. How do James's parents die?

3. How do the aunts use the giant peach for their benefit?

4. What does James think just before he enters the peach?

5. What is James's biggest worry after spilling the beans?

6. What grave danger does the Centipede see for the peach when they are in the ocean?

7. How does James plan to rescue the peach from the danger the Centipede sees when they are in the ocean?

8. How do James's aunts die?

9. How does the peach break away from the tree?

10. What does James help the centipede with when they first meet?

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