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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 many countries does the BFG say there are in the world?

2. What color are the rocks in the wasteland that the Giant travels through in Chapter 4?

3. What color hair does the Bloodbottler have on his chest, arms, and stomach?

4. How did the BFG know that Sophie was watching him out her window that night he snatched her?

5. What does Sophie say humans call frobscottle?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Sophie see at the end of Chapter 1 when she looks out the window?

2. Are there reasons that are acceptable for children to be out of bed in Chapter 1?

3. Where did Sophie live before the BFG kidnapped her and what was it like?

4. What different flavors are the humans that the giants eat?

5. Why does Sophie think the frobscottle is fizzing the wrong way?

6. What are the other giants like?

7. How do Giants come into existence?

8. Who is the worst of the giants and what is he like?

9. What is the desolate wasteland like where the Giant takes Sophie?

10. What happens when Bloodbottler eats snozzcumber?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The BFG has never gone to school. What is the difference between intelligence and education? Would the BFG be considered educated? Would he be considered intelligent? Why and in what ways?

Essay Topic 2

“The BFG” is told from a third-person omniscient point of view. How does the author’s choice to tell the story using that point of view impact the characters and the plot and how both are developed?

Essay Topic 3

The other giants bully the BFG. In what way do the other giants bully the BFG? How does the BFG usually react to their bullying? Is he resorting to bullying and revenge when he uses the nightmare on another giant?

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