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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. What does James trip over before spilling the beans?
(a) A garden shoot.
(b) A root.
(c) A foot.
(d) A boot.

2. Where did James' parents die?
(a) Paris.
(b) Suffolk.
(c) New York.
(d) London.

3. How long have the creatures in the peach have been waiting for?
(a) All day.
(b) All month.
(c) All week.
(d) All night.

4. What kind of animals did the rolling peach frighten?
(a) Farm animals.
(b) Zoo animals.
(c) Circus animals.
(d) Wild animals.

5. What is James doing when he asks a favor of his aunts?
(a) Cooking lunch.
(b) Weeding the garden.
(c) Chopping wood.
(d) Painting a fence.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who notices the peach on the tree?

2. Why does the old man give James the beans?

3. Why does James not pick the peach?

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

5. How does James feel as he climbs through the tunnel?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How do James's parents die?

3. What do the insects tell James when he gets to the middle of the peach?

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

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

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

7. How were the beans made?

8. How does James feel while the peach is rolling?

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

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

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