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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. Where is the tunnel in the peach?

2. What calms James' fear in the center of the peach?

3. What do the creatures in the peach say they have been waiting for?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How were the beans made?

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

3. What is Aunt Spiker like?

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

5. How do James's parents die?

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

7. How do James's aunts die?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

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?

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