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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What does James feel as the peach begins to roll?
(a) Anxiety.
(b) Excitement.
(c) Anger.
(d) Fear.
2. Where did James' parents die?
(a) Paris.
(b) London.
(c) New York.
(d) Suffolk.
3. What do the beans do when they hit the ground?
(a) Disappear.
(b) Burrow into the earth.
(c) Just sit there.
(d) Explode.
4. What is said to calm the Earthworm down when she gets worried about being at sea?
(a) The peach is floating.
(b) The hole is now at the top.
(c) They can eat the peach.
(d) They can't be lost as they had no plans.
5. What do the witches threaten to do if James eats the peach?
(a) Adopt him.
(b) Beat him.
(c) Sell him.
(d) Starve him.
6. Who makes the beds in the peach?
(a) The grasshopper.
(b) The spider.
(c) The silk worm.
(d) The centipede.
7. What does James compare the fur on the peach to?
(a) A girl.
(b) A kitten.
(c) A mouse.
(d) His mother.
8. What wakes James on his first morning in the peach?
(a) Everything is shaking.
(b) A loud bang.
(c) The centipede yells.
(d) A warm heat.
9. Why does James spill the beans?
(a) He is in a hurry.
(b) The old man told him to.
(c) He wants to see what happens.
(d) He is afraid of his aunts.
10. Why do the insects feel the way they do when they see they are in the sea?
(a) They are finally on an adventure.
(b) They cannot swim.
(c) They know they are helping James.
(d) They have never seen the sea before.
11. How big is the peach when it rests on the ground?
(a) As big as a tree.
(b) As big as a car.
(c) As big as a house.
(d) As big as a tent.
12. 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.
13. What can James see from his aunts' house?
(a) A garden.
(b) Forests.
(c) All of these.
(d) The ocean.
14. How does Aunt Spiker die?
(a) She is scared to death.
(b) She gets rolled over by the peach.
(c) She is bit by the giant spider.
(d) She falls down the hill.
15. Why does the old man give James the beans?
(a) To get rid of them.
(b) To make some money.
(c) To cheer him up.
(d) To punish the aunts.
Short Answer Questions
1. Why does James live with his aunts?
2. How long have the creatures in the peach have been waiting for?
3. Why does James not pick the peach?
4. How big is the peach when James starts to climb the tree?
5. Why is it strange to see a peach on the tree?
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