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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 many aunts does James live with?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 5.
(d) 4.

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

3. What does James find in the center of the peach?
(a) The pit.
(b) Some footprints.
(c) A web.
(d) A door.

4. What stopped the rolling peach?
(a) A mountain.
(b) Magic.
(c) A large boulder.
(d) The ocean.

5. What does James help the centipede with while the beds are made?
(a) Making the beds.
(b) His boots.
(c) Cleaning up from dinner.
(d) His nightcap.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did James' parents die?

2. What does the ladybug think when the peach stops rolling?

3. Who makes the beds in the peach?

4. What favor does James ask of his aunts?

5. What sound marks Aunt Spiker's death to James?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does James think just before he enters the peach?

3. What does James do while the aunts use the peach to their benefit?

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

5. What do the earthworm and the centipede argue about when James first meets them?

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

7. How do the aunts use the giant peach for their benefit?

8. How are the beds created in the peach?

9. What is Aunt Sponge like?

10. How were the beans made?

(see the answer keys)

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