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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How big is the peach when it rests on the ground?
(a) As big as a house.
(b) As big as a tent.
(c) As big as a tree.
(d) As big as a car.

2. What is said to calm the Earthworm down when she gets worried about being at sea?
(a) They can't be lost as they had no plans.
(b) They can eat the peach.
(c) The hole is now at the top.
(d) The peach is floating.

3. What does James say he needs to save the peach from the sharks?
(a) Some string.
(b) A flashlight.
(c) A hook.
(d) Poison.

4. What do the witches threaten to do if James eats the peach?
(a) Adopt him.
(b) Sell him.
(c) Beat him.
(d) Starve him.

5. Where did James' parents die?
(a) London.
(b) Suffolk.
(c) Paris.
(d) New York.

6. What do the beans do when they hit the ground?
(a) Just sit there.
(b) Disappear.
(c) Explode.
(d) Burrow into the earth.

7. What are the beds in the peach made of?
(a) Gossamer.
(b) Silk strands.
(c) Peach pit.
(d) Spiderwebs.

8. Who is happy about the destroyed factory?
(a) The workers.
(b) The insects.
(c) The children.
(d) The aunts.

9. How does James feel as he climbs through the tunnel?
(a) Excited.
(b) Brave.
(c) Curious.
(d) Angry.

10. What is Aunt Sponge thinking about when she dies?
(a) How much money she will make that day.
(b) What to make with her peach.
(c) How ugly her sister is.
(d) How to get rid of James.

11. What calms James' fear in the center of the peach?
(a) Anticipation.
(b) Laughter.
(c) Kindness.
(d) Sleepiness.

12. What color are the beans that the old man has?
(a) Silver.
(b) Yellow.
(c) Green.
(d) Blue.

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

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

15. What is James doing when he asks a favor of his aunts?
(a) Painting a fence.
(b) Cooking lunch.
(c) Weeding the garden.
(d) Chopping wood.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the voices in the center of the peach say when James enters?

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

3. What worries James the most when he spills the beans?

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

5. How is the peach disconnected from the tree?

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