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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What time is James alone with the peach?
(a) Noon.
(b) Sunset.
(c) Midnight.
(d) Sunrise.

3. What kind of factory does the rolling peach ruin?
(a) A steel factory.
(b) A chocolate factory.
(c) A toothbrush factory.
(d) A cheese factory.

4. What is the Earthworm most worried about to be at sea?
(a) They will drown.
(b) They will fall out.
(c) They will get lost.
(d) They will starve.

5. How do the aunts plan to make money off the peach?
(a) Py planting the pit for another giant peach.
(b) By selling it to a museum.
(c) By charging people to see it.
(d) By making lots of pie.

Short Answer Questions

1. What favor does James ask of his aunts?

2. What extra clothing was James allowed to bring with him to his aunts' house?

3. How do the insects feel when they see they are in the sea?

4. What color are the beans that the old man has?

5. Where did the creatures have roles before entering the peach?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do James's parents die?

2. What worries the Earthworm the most about being at sea?

3. What is Aunt Spiker like?

4. What is Aunt Sponge like?

5. What does James help the centipede with when they first meet?

6. What does James learn about glow worms on his first night in the peach?

7. What is the first evidence of the magic caused by the beans?

8. How does James spill the beans?

9. What kind of damage does the giant peach cause as it rolls?

10. What grave danger does the Centipede see for the peach when they are in the ocean?

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