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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 do the witches threaten to do if James eats the peach?
(a) Sell him.
(b) Beat him.
(c) Starve him.
(d) Adopt him.

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

3. Why does James live with his aunts?
(a) It was stated in the will.
(b) They requested it.
(c) He likes them.
(d) His parents died.

4. What stopped the rolling peach?
(a) A large boulder.
(b) A mountain.
(c) The ocean.
(d) Magic.

5. Who provides James with what he needs to save the peach from the sharks?
(a) The spider.
(b) The lady bug.
(c) The centipede.
(d) The glow worm.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the Earthworm most worried about to be at sea?

2. What item was James allowed to bring with him to his aunts' house?

3. What does James say he needs to save the peach from the sharks?

4. What does James compare the fur on the peach to?

5. Who calms the insects down when they are at sea?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does James plan to rescue the peach from the danger the Centipede sees when they are in the ocean?

2. How do James's aunts die?

3. What do the earthworm and the centipede argue about when James first meets them?

4. What makes the ladybug laugh when he first meets James?

5. How do James's parents die?

6. How does James plan to survive hunger while on the peach?

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

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

9. What does James help the centipede with when they first meet?

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

(see the answer keys)

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