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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. Where does the Gizzardgulper giant go when hunting humans?
2. What do Greeks from Greece taste like?
3. What does Sophie compare the wind she feels as the BFG runs at the end of Chapter 11?
4. What does Sophie think the frobscottle tastes like?
5. What sounds can Sophie hear at the beginning of Chapter 1?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Chapter 1, what is keeping Sophie awake?
2. Who is the worst of the giants and what is he like?
3. How does the Giant describe himself and his eating habits?
4. What does Dream Country look like?
5. What happens when Bloodbottler eats snozzcumber?
6. Why does the Bloodbottler come to the BFG's cave?
7. What does Sophie think when she tastes the frobscottle?
8. How tall is the being that Sophie sees in Chapter 2?
9. What is the desolate wasteland like where the Giant takes Sophie?
10. What happens shortly after Sophie hides in her bed in Chapter 3?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Sophie is surprised to see that the BFG is a creature of many moods. What moods does the BFG display, especially in the first few sections of the novel where he and Sophie become acquainted with one another? In what way do his moods change quickly? How do the BFG’s mood affect how the BFG is perceived by Sophie and by readers?
Essay Topic 2
“The BFG” is told from a third-person omniscient point of view. How does the author’s choice to tell the story using that point of view impact the characters and the plot and how both are developed?
Essay Topic 3
Sophie has a limited view of the world before she meets the BFG. What are some of the prejudices she has? How does the BFG broaden her view of the world? How do her ideas about the world change because of her conversations with the BFG?
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