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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. How is the peach disconnected from the tree?
(a) It is pushed.
(b) The stem is gnawed off.
(c) The tree is poisoned.
(d) Wings beat against it.

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

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

4. How does Aunt Sponge die?
(a) She is bit by the giant spider.
(b) She falls down the hill.
(c) She gets rolled over by the peach.
(d) She is scared to death.

5. What happened to James while the peach was rolling?
(a) He sat confortably.
(b) He ate his breakfast.
(c) He has a fun ride.
(d) He was tossed all around.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the aunts threaten to do to James when he spills the beans?

2. What do the aunts never call James?

3. Who calms the Earthworm down when she gets worried about being at sea?

4. How does the narrator describe James' early childhood?

5. What do the insects do when the aunts are rolled over?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the aunts want to punish James just before seeing the peach in their tree?

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

3. How does James get to the center of the peach?

4. How do James's aunts die?

5. Why does James come to live with his aunts?

6. What kind of damage does the giant peach cause as it rolls?

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

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

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

10. What does James do while the aunts use the peach to their benefit?

(see the answer keys)

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