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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 is the Earthworm most worried about to be at sea?

2. Who disconnects the peach from the tree?

3. What do the insects do when the aunts are rolled over?

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

5. What changes James's feelings as the peach begins rolling?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How do the insects feel when they see they are in the ocean, and why?

3. How do James's aunts die?

4. How were the beans made?

5. How does the Spider and Silk Worm help with James' plan to save the peach from the danger the Centipede found?

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

7. How does James plan to rescue the peach from the danger the Centipede sees when they are in the ocean?

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

9. How are the beds created in the peach?

10. What is James's biggest worry after spilling the beans?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How do James and the Insects change through the course of the book, and what causes these changes?

Essay Topic 2

The characters in this book each had their own goals and motivations. Select four characters and write their main motivation throughout the book and how this goal affected the characters around them.

Essay Topic 3

How do the magic beans affect the course of the plot, and what important cautions were given to those who used it?

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