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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color is the grass in Dream Country?

2. How much taller are the other giants than the BFG?

3. What hint of fruit flavor does Sophie taste in the frobscottle?

4. What is the first type of dream that the BFG catches?

5. What is the land like in Dream Country?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the Bloodbottler come to the BFG's cave?

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

3. How tall is the being that Sophie sees in Chapter 2?

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

5. What is the Giant wearing in Chapter 4?

6. Are there reasons that are acceptable for children to be out of bed in Chapter 1?

7. What happens when Bloodbottler eats snozzcumber?

8. What different flavors are the humans that the giants eat?

9. What does the Giant's cave look like inside?

10. What type of giant is the BFG?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Both Sophie and the BFG are different from their peers. What are the differences between Sophie and the BFG and their peers? How do their differences make them special and make them able to rise above their circumstances?

Essay Topic 2

The BFG is a dream-blowing giant. What does the BFG do with dreams in the novel? How important are dreams In the novel, and how do they affect the plot?

Essay Topic 3

The BFG has never gone to school. What is the difference between intelligence and education? Would the BFG be considered educated? Would he be considered intelligent? Why and in what ways?

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