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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. How does the narrator describe James' early childhood?
(a) Strange.
(b) Dark.
(c) Happy.
(d) Uneventful.

2. Where is James locked after the peach is grown?
(a) His room.
(b) The office.
(c) The bathroom.
(d) The attic.

3. What item was James allowed to bring with him to his aunts' house?
(a) A toothbrush.
(b) A book.
(c) Nothing.
(d) A stuffed animal.

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

5. What happened to James while the peach was rolling?
(a) He ate his breakfast.
(b) He was tossed all around.
(c) He sat confortably.
(d) He has a fun ride.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who notices the sharks coming to the peach?

3. Where did James' parents die?

4. How does James think the peach looks in the moonlight?

5. How is the peach disconnected from the tree?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do James's aunts die?

2. How do James's parents die?

3. What makes the ladybug laugh when he first meets James?

4. Why does James come to live with his aunts?

5. How does the peach break away from the tree?

6. How does James get to the center of the peach?

7. How does James plan to rescue the peach from the danger the Centipede sees when they are in the ocean?

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

9. What does the old man tell James about the beans?

10. How does the Spider and Silk Worm help with James' plan to save the peach from the danger the Centipede found?

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