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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 lights the inside of the peach?

2. What does James do when he stops for breaks in the peach tunnel?

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

4. What does the Earthworm compare herself to when the sharks are seen?

5. How long have the creatures in the peach have been waiting for?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does James spill the beans?

3. What is Aunt Spiker like?

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

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

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

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

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

9. How were the beans made?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

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 happens to James at the the end of the book, and what deeper meanings does this event imply? How does this one event change James' life and perspective and why do you think the author placed this scene where he did?

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