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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) Spiders have a bad reputation.
(b) She gets emotional often.
(c) All of these.
(d) She thinks James will not like her.

2. Why do people in the city feel the way they do when they see the peach?
(a) They think it is part of the war.
(b) They think it is an advertisement.
(c) They think it is part of the circus.
(d) They see things like that all the time.

3. Who captures each of the seagulls?
(a) The Earth Worm.
(b) The Glow Worm.
(c) The grasshopper.
(d) James.

4. How many seagulls are captured before the peach begins to float?
(a) 701.
(b) 601.
(c) 401.
(d) 501.

5. What does James plan to use as the bait for the seagulls?
(a) Bits of peach.
(b) Bread crumbs.
(c) A Painting.
(d) The Earthworm.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the Grasshopper get a job with?

2. How long does it take the insects to get down to the ground once the peach lands?

3. How many seagulls total are captured?

4. What does the peach land on?

5. How does James describe the insects to all the city people?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What job does the Glow Worm get when the journey is over?

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

4. What did Spider do to help her aunt before she died?

5. What does the Lady Bug teach James about himself?

6. How did Spider's aunt die?

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

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

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

10. How does James get the peach to get closer to the ground?

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