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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 does James help the many footed creature in the peach do?

3. What does James trip over before spilling the beans?

4. What color are the beans that the old man has?

5. Why does James not pick the peach?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does James spill the beans?

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

4. How are the beds created in the peach?

5. What is James's biggest worry after spilling the beans?

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

7. What is Aunt Sponge like?

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

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

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

The characters in this book each had their own goals and motivations. Select four characters and write their main motivation throughout the book and how this goal affected the characters around them.

Essay Topic 3

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

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