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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. Who provides James with what he needs to save the peach from the sharks?

2. What kind of animals did the rolling peach frighten?

3. What does James compare the fur on the peach to?

4. What is Aunt Spiker thinking about when she dies?

5. Where is the tunnel in the peach?

Short Essay Questions

1. What worries the Earthworm the most about being at sea?

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

3. What is Aunt Spiker like?

4. How do James's parents die?

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

6. What does James help the centipede with when they first meet?

7. How were the beans made?

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

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

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

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

What factual information was shared about the insects, and how did the inclusion of this information affect the plot and tone of the story?

Essay Topic 3

Which character did you relate with the most in this book? Why is this? How did this character change throughout the book?

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