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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. How old was Sophie when her parents died?

2. What time is it when Sophie and the Giant reach a wasteland in Chapter 4?

3. Where does the Gizzardgulper giant go when hunting humans?

4. How many Japanese humans beings does it take to feed a giant?

5. What is the land like in Dream Country?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Bloodbottler eats snozzcumber?

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

3. Why did the Giant snatch Sophie from her bed and run away with her?

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

5. What does Sophie think when she tastes the frobscottle?

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

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

8. What is the witching hour?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The other giants bully the BFG. In what way do the other giants bully the BFG? How does the BFG usually react to their bullying? Is he resorting to bullying and revenge when he uses the nightmare on another giant?

Essay Topic 2

The BFG changes in the novel. What is he like at the beginning of the novel? How does he change? What brings about the changes in him?

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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