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

2. Why does James live with his aunts?

3. What is said to calm the Earthworm down when she gets worried about being at sea?

4. What does James say he needs to save the peach from the sharks?

5. Why does James spill the beans?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do James's aunts die?

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

3. How do the aunts want to punish James just before seeing the peach in their tree?

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

5. How were the beans made?

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

7. What does James do while the aunts use the peach to their benefit?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What did James learn about himself from his interaction with the Spider, and how did these interaction cause him to change?

Essay Topic 2

The old man introduces the theme of magic in this book. Where are some of the key places that this theme appears, and how do these events alter the plot of the book?

Essay Topic 3

What jobs do the insects take at the end of the book, and what led to them choosing those positions?

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