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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 does the nightmare look like when captured in a jar?

2. What is something that the BFG tells Sophie that he can hear?

3. What sound do spiders make when they spin their webs according to the BFG?

4. From where are the humans from that the Bonecrunching Giant eats for supper every night?

5. What simile is used to describe the moonbeam in Chapter 1?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens shortly after Sophie hides in her bed in Chapter 3?

2. What are the other giants like?

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

4. What type of giant is the BFG?

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

6. How tall is the being that Sophie sees in Chapter 2?

7. What does the Giant's cave look like inside?

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

9. Why did the Giant snatch Sophie from her bed and run away with her?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Sophie has a limited view of the world before she meets the BFG. What are some of the prejudices she has? How does the BFG broaden her view of the world? How do her ideas about the world change because of her conversations with the BFG?

Essay Topic 2

Sophie thinks that giant nature is repulsive. How does the BFG compare human nature and giant nature? In what ways are the two similar? In what ways is giant nature superior to human nature? Are there ways in which giant nature is inferior to human nature? Which would be superior according to the BFG—human or giant nature? Why?

Essay Topic 3

The BFG has been bringing dreams to children throughout his life. What have been some of his dreams? How are his dreams realized in the novel? How has the type of person that he is contributed to his achieving his dreams?

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