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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 do people in the city think the floating peach is?

2. What do the Cloud Men do when they are yelled at?

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

4. What do the policemen do when they see the people on the peach?

5. How do the insects celebrate the small damage done by the sharks?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why does the Spider cry when she tells her story?

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

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

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

8. How does James calm the people in the city down when they see the giant insects?

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

10. What is so mind boggling to James about the city he is about to land in?

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

Laughter and happiness is a common theme found in this book. Where does this come into play, and how does it affect the characters involved in these scenes?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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