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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What extra clothing was James allowed to bring with him to his aunts' house?
(a) Pajamas.
(b) Knickerbockers.
(c) Coveralls.
(d) Day suit.

2. What do the aunts threaten to do to James when he spills the beans?
(a) Make him sleep on the roof.
(b) Put him in the well.
(c) With hold food.
(d) Beat him.

3. What does James do at night after the peach is grown?
(a) Water and weed the garden.
(b) Polish the peach.
(c) Clean up the yard.
(d) Cut slices off the peach.

4. Why are the hairs raised on James' neck when he is alone with the peach?
(a) He is cold.
(b) He feels like something is about to happen.
(c) He is scared.
(d) He feels this has already happened before.

5. Why does James spill the beans?
(a) He is afraid of his aunts.
(b) He is in a hurry.
(c) He wants to see what happens.
(d) The old man told him to.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who notices the peach on the tree?

2. Where did the thing that killed James' parents escape from?

3. Why does the old man give James the beans?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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