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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who notices the sharks coming to the peach?
(a) The Glow Worm.
(b) James.
(c) The Centipede.
(d) The Grasshopper.

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

5. What do the insects do when the aunts are rolled over?
(a) Cheer.
(b) Gasp.
(c) Scream.
(d) Smile.

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

7. Why do the other insects not believe what the ladybug thinks when the peach stops rolling?
(a) They think she always feels that way.
(b) They think she fell out of her bed.
(c) They think she got her head hurt.
(d) They thinks she is sick from the rolling.

8. What kind of animals did the rolling peach frighten?
(a) Circus animals.
(b) Wild animals.
(c) Zoo animals.
(d) Farm animals.

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

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

11. What do the aunts never call James?
(a) Disgusting.
(b) Beasty.
(c) James.
(d) Nephew.

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

13. Where is the tunnel in the peach?
(a) Near the ground.
(b) In the crease.
(c) On the top.
(d) By the stem.

14. What does James do when he stops for breaks in the peach tunnel?
(a) Takes bites of the peach.
(b) Says chants.
(c) Calls for his aunts.
(d) Washes himself.

15. Where did the creatures have roles before entering the peach?
(a) The garden.
(b) The tree.
(c) The attic.
(d) The clouds.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What do the beans spill near?

3. Where is James locked after the peach is grown?

4. Where is James confined to at the aunts' house?

5. What does the Earthworm compare herself to when the sharks are seen?

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