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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 ground in the wasteland that the Giant travels through in Chapter 4?

2. How tall is the table in the Giant's cave?

3. What color is the sun as it rises in Chapter 4?

4. What sound do spiders make when they spin their webs according to the BFG?

5. How big is the stone that leads to the Giant's secret cave in Chapter 4?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Dream Country look like?

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

3. Where does Sophie think the BFG should get food, and why does he not get food from there?

4. Where did Sophie live before the BFG kidnapped her and what was it like?

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

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

7. What do the giants do with the BFG when he comes outside in Chapter 11 to go to Dream Country?

8. What is the witching hour?

9. What is the Giant wearing in Chapter 4?

10. What happens when Bloodbottler eats snozzcumber?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Sophie and the BFG’s relationship changes throughout the novel. How would you describe their relationship at the beginning of the novel? How does their relationship change? What causes the changes in their relationship? How would you describe their relationship by the end of the novel?

Essay Topic 2

The BFG has a strange way of speaking. How is the BFG’s way of speaking confusing? What does his manner of speech reveal about the BFG and the type of person he is?

Essay Topic 3

Sophie and the BFG demonstrate acts of bravery. What are some acts of bravery are demonstrated by Sophie and the BFG? How do both Sophie and the BFG move beyond what is comfortable for them to doing things that require great bravery?

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