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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 9 - 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long have the creatures in the peach have been waiting for?
(a) All week.
(b) All day.
(c) All month.
(d) All night.

2. What do the beans spill near?
(a) The orchard.
(b) A peach pit.
(c) A peach soda.
(d) The peach tree.

3. What worries James the most when he spills the beans?
(a) That the old man will ask for more money.
(b) That his aunts will be mad.
(c) That bugs will harness the magic.
(d) That he will never see them again.

4. What killed James' parents?
(a) A rhinocerous.
(b) An alligator.
(c) A lion.
(d) A tiger.

5. How big is the peach when James starts to climb the tree?
(a) As big as a globe.
(b) As big as an apple.
(c) As big as a melon.
(d) As big as a balloon.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator describe James' early childhood?

2. What is strange about the beans the old man has?

3. Why are the hairs raised on James' neck when he is alone with the peach?

4. What does James do at night after the peach is grown?

5. What do the creatures in the peach say they have been waiting for?

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