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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the aunts never call James?

2. What can James see from his aunts' house?

3. What are the beds in the peach made of?

4. What is James doing when he asks a favor of his aunts?

5. How do the insects feel when they see they are in the sea?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What is the first evidence of the magic caused by the beans?

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

7. How does James spill the beans?

8. How are the beds created in the peach?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What did James do to get the peach safely away from the sharks, and how did this idea change the entire form of the journey?

Essay Topic 2

This book takes place in two key settings. What are these two settings, and what are the main similarities and differences between them? How do these settings affect the outcome of the plot? Make sure to cite some examples from the book to support your ideas.

Essay Topic 3

What happened to Spider's aunt, and what message do you think the author was trying to send through the inclusion of that event in this story line?

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