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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. How many people come to see the peach?

2. Why do the insects feel the way they do when they see they are in the sea?

3. What kind of creatures does James find in the center of the peach?

4. What do the creatures in the center of the peach say they feel as they look at James?

5. What does James sense while he is alone with the peach?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What makes the ladybug laugh when he first meets James?

4. How does James plan to survive hunger while on the peach?

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

6. What grave danger does the Centipede see for the peach when they are in the ocean?

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

8. What is Aunt Spiker like?

9. How do James's parents die?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Nature is an integral theme in this book and accounts for a great deal of the changes in plot direction. What are some of the places that nature appeared, and how did it work to alter the plot?

Essay Topic 2

What are some of the key examples of gratitude in this book, and how do these instances affect that characters involved in those scenes?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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