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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. How do people in the city feel when they see the peach?

2. What ocean does the peach float over?

3. What city did the peach start out in?

4. Who does the Lady bug like to benefit?

5. Who saves the Centipede when he falls off the peach?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the Cloud Men spend all their time doing?

2. Why is James so surprised when he sees the Cloud Men?

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

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

5. How did Spider's aunt die?

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

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

8. How does James get the peach to get closer to the ground?

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

10. How does Centipede get paint stuck on him?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What role does symbolism play in the story, and where does it appear? How is the plot altered by the presence of these symbols?

Essay Topic 2

What happened to Spider's aunt, and what message do you think the author was trying to send through the inclusion of that event in this story line?

Essay Topic 3

Fear is a common theme in this book that is presented a number of times by a number of characters. What are some of these instances, and how does fear affect the characters in the book?

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