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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 are the other giants doing at the end of Chapter 12?
(a) Hunting humans.
(b) Fighting.
(c) Playing a game.
(d) Sleeping.

2. Who does the BFG say are the only creatures that kill their own kind?
(a) Cats.
(b) Mice.
(c) Humans.
(d) Giants.

3. What does the Giant take out of what he is carrying in Chapter 2?
(a) Soda bottle.
(b) Pickles.
(c) Cheese.
(d) Glass jar.

4. When is the witching hour supposed to occur?
(a) Midnight.
(b) Toward dawn.
(c) 2 p.m.
(d) Middle of the night.

5. What happens if a child gets out of bed after lights-out at the beginning of the book?
(a) He is whipped.
(b) He has his hand slapped with a ruler.
(c) He has to stand in a corner.
(d) He is punished.

Short Answer Questions

1. What simile is used to describe how the houses look when Sophie looks out the window in Chapter 1?

2. What does Sophie compare the wind she feels as the BFG runs at the end of Chapter 11?

3. What does Sophie see coming up the street at the end of Chapter 1?

4. In Chapter 1, how long have the other children been asleep?

5. What sounds can Sophie hear at the beginning of Chapter 1?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the giants do with the BFG when he comes outside in Chapter 11 to go to Dream Country?

2. What is the desolate wasteland like where the Giant takes Sophie?

3. In Chapter 1, what is keeping Sophie awake?

4. What does Sophie see at the end of Chapter 1 when she looks out the window?

5. What does the Giant say about the Bonecrunching Giant in Chapter 5?

6. What type of giant is the BFG?

7. What happens shortly after Sophie hides in her bed in Chapter 3?

8. What is a trogglehumper?

9. What does the BFG want Sophie to teach him to make in Chapter 7 and why?

10. What is the snozzcumber and what does it taste like?

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