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

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

3. What do city people think the people in the peach are?
(a) People.
(b) Aliens.
(c) Actors.
(d) Soldiers.

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

5. Who yells at the Cloud Men?
(a) The Centipede.
(b) The Silk Worm.
(c) The Grasshopper.
(d) The Lady Bug.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who saves the Centipede when he falls off the peach?

2. What do the insects do when the Grasshopper is done making his music?

3. What direction has the peach floated over?

4. Who does the Earthworm say she likes to benefit?

5. What do the policemen do when they see the people on the peach?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the Centipede doing when paint is spilled on him?

2. Why does the Spider cry when she tells her story?

3. What does the Spider do to make a living at the end of the book?

4. How does Centipede get the rainbow paint off of him?

5. How does James calm the people in the city down when they see the giant insects?

6. What is so mind boggling to James about the city he is about to land in?

7. What does the Lady Bug do after the journey is over?

8. What makes the Cloud Men threaten to eat the people on the peach?

9. What happened to the rainbow the Cloud Men were making?

10. What do the creatures on the peach think when they see the rainbow being made?

(see the answer keys)

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