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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 are the beans kept in?

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

3. Why do the insects feel the way they do when they see they are in the sea?

4. What does James find in the center of the peach?

5. How big is the peach when James starts to climb the tree?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does James get to the center of the peach?

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

3. How do James's parents die?

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

5. What do the insects tell James when he gets to the middle of the peach?

6. What is Aunt Spiker like?

7. How does James spill the beans?

8. How were the beans made?

9. How are the beds created in the peach?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are some of the key examples of gratitude in this book, and how do these instances affect that characters involved in those scenes?

Essay Topic 2

James endures many different trials before the end of the book. What are some of these trials and what lessons does James learn through these experiences?

Essay Topic 3

Which character did you relate with the most in this book? Why is this? How did this character change throughout the book?

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