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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 does James do at night after the peach is grown?

2. What is said to calm the Earthworm down when she gets worried about being at sea?

3. Where is James confined to at the aunts' house?

4. What do the beans do when they hit the ground?

5. What do the beans spill near?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do James's aunts die?

2. How are the beds created in the peach?

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

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

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

6. What is Aunt Spiker like?

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

8. What is Aunt Sponge like?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

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

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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