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

2. How long does it take the insects to get down to the ground once the peach lands?

3. What was Spider's aunt killed with?

4. Why is James the first one to come out of the peach?

5. What did Spider's aunt get stuck in?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Centipede get the rainbow paint off of him?

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

5. Why does the Centipede yell at the Cloud Men?

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

7. What is the Centipede doing when paint is spilled on him?

8. What makes the Cloud Men threaten to eat the people on the peach?

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

10. What do the travelers all do when they get panicky about getting close to the city?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

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

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

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