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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 promise before he begins his plan to save the peach from the sharks?

2. What spilled on the Centipede when he was helping with the Cloud Men?

3. Why does the Spider start to cry when she talks about herself?

4. Who checks on the damage done by the sharks once the peach is floating?

5. What do the critters in the peach do before the peach lands?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the people in the city think is happening when they see the peach?

2. How does the peach get away from the water that the Cloud Men try to hurt the peach with?

3. What happened to the rainbow the Cloud Men were making?

4. What do the creatures on the peach think when they see the rainbow being made?

5. How is the Centipede freed from the paint that was spilled on him?

6. What does the Lady Bug do after the journey is over?

7. What did Spider do to help her aunt before she died?

8. What reminds Spider of the death of her aunt?

9. What causes the travelers to get panicky as they get near to the city?

10. Where does James live when the journey is over?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What jobs do the insects take at the end of the book, and what led to them choosing those positions?

Essay Topic 2

Nature is an integral theme in this book and accounts for a great deal of the changes in plot direction. What are some of the places that nature appeared, and how did it work to alter the plot?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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