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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 is Aunt Sponge thinking about when she dies?
(a) What to make with her peach.
(b) How ugly her sister is.
(c) How much money she will make that day.
(d) How to get rid of James.

2. What do the beans do when they hit the ground?
(a) Disappear.
(b) Burrow into the earth.
(c) Just sit there.
(d) Explode.

3. What kind of animal does James plan to use to save the peach from the sharks?
(a) Whales.
(b) Otters.
(c) Seagulls.
(d) Gazelles.

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

5. What is said to calm the Earthworm down when she gets worried about being at sea?
(a) The peach is floating.
(b) They can eat the peach.
(c) The hole is now at the top.
(d) They can't be lost as they had no plans.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do the insects feel the way they do when they see they are in the sea?

2. How does Aunt Spiker die?

3. Why does James live with his aunts?

4. What do the creatures in the peach say they have been waiting for?

5. What time is James alone with the peach?

Short Essay Questions

1. How are the beds created in the peach?

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

3. What does James learn about glow worms on his first night in the peach?

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

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

6. What does the old man tell James about the beans?

7. How does James spill the beans?

8. What is Aunt Sponge like?

9. How does James feel while the peach is rolling?

10. What is the first evidence of the magic caused by the beans?

(see the answer keys)

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