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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long does it take the insects to get down to the ground once the peach lands?
(a) 15 minutes.
(b) 5 minutes.
(c) 5 hours.
(d) 50 minutes.

2. Who saves the Centipede when he falls off the peach?
(a) The Lady Bug.
(b) The Grasshopper.
(c) James.
(d) The Glow Worm.

3. Why does the Spider start to cry when she talks about herself?
(a) Spiders have a bad reputation.
(b) She gets emotional often.
(c) She thinks James will not like her.
(d) All of these.

4. Where are the Grasshopper's ears?
(a) His heads.
(b) His wings.
(c) His legs.
(d) His abdomen.

5. How do the Cloud Men make rainbows?
(a) They paint them.
(b) They build them.
(c) They mold them.
(d) They freeze them.

6. What does the peach land on?
(a) The Empire State Building.
(b) The Golden Gate Bridge.
(c) The Eiffel Tower.
(d) The London Bridge.

7. What do crickets use to make music?
(a) Their abdomen.
(b) Their wings.
(c) Their legs.
(d) Their mouth.

8. What time is land first seen from the peach?
(a) Sunrise.
(b) Sunset.
(c) Midnight.
(d) Noon.

9. What instrument does James compare the Grasshopper to?
(a) A French horn.
(b) A guitar.
(c) A violin.
(d) A drum.

10. What did Spider bring her aunt to keep her alive when she was stuck?
(a) Ropes.
(b) Water.
(c) Blood.
(d) Bugs.

11. How do people in the city feel when they see the peach?
(a) Curious.
(b) Oblivious.
(c) Excited.
(d) Terrified.

12. Why are the people on the peach not aware of how the people in the city feel?
(a) They are preoccupied.
(b) They are too scared.
(c) They cannot see them.
(d) They are saying goodbye to each other.

13. Why do people in the city feel the way they do when they see the peach?
(a) They think it is part of the circus.
(b) They see things like that all the time.
(c) They think it is part of the war.
(d) They think it is an advertisement.

14. How does James describe the music made by the Grasshopper?
(a) Sweet.
(b) Haunting.
(c) Strange.
(d) Beautiful.

15. What do people in the city think the floating peach is?
(a) A bomb.
(b) A hot air balloon.
(c) An airplane.
(d) A billboard.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is James the first one to come out of the peach?

2. What spilled on the Centipede when he was helping with the Cloud Men?

3. What does the Lady Bug like to eat?

4. What month did Spider's aunt die in?

5. What kind of Grasshopper is the Grasshopper?

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