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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 kind of animals did the rolling peach frighten?

2. Who makes the beds in the peach?

3. How do the insects feel when they see they are in the sea?

4. Who disconnects the peach from the tree?

5. Where does James go to cry when the aunts refuse his request?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do James's parents die?

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

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

4. What is the first evidence of the magic caused by the beans?

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

6. What kind of damage does the giant peach cause as it rolls?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Friendship is a strong theme throughout the book. Where are some places that this theme appears, and how do the characters touched by it react? How do certain friendships change over the course of the book, and what causes these changes?

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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