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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 yells at the Cloud Men?

2. What does the Grasshopper do for the celebration for the small damage done by the sharks?

3. How did the Spider's father die?

4. What city did the peach start out in?

5. What does the Grasshopper use to make music?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What job does the Glow Worm get when the journey is over?

4. What does the Centipede do at the end of the book?

5. What does the Centipede do to cheer up the Spider?

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

7. What is the first thing the travelers notice about the city?

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

9. How does Centipede get paint stuck on him?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

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

What did James do to get the peach safely away from the sharks, and how did this idea change the entire form of the journey?

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