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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 Giant take out of what he is carrying in Chapter 2?

2. What are the rims of Sophie's glasses made from?

3. What color is the grass in Dream Country?

4. How long is the pole of the BFG's dream-catcher?

5. How tall is the Bloodbottler?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What type of giant is the BFG?

3. What does the BFG want Sophie to teach him to make in Chapter 7 and why?

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

5. Why does the Bloodbottler come to the BFG's cave?

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

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

8. What are the other giants like?

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

10. What happens when the BFG has a drink fo the frobscottle?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Sophie and the BFG demonstrate acts of bravery. What are some acts of bravery are demonstrated by Sophie and the BFG? How do both Sophie and the BFG move beyond what is comfortable for them to doing things that require great bravery?

Essay Topic 2

There are several different settings in the novel. What are the different settings? How do each of these settings set the tone, atmosphere, and mood in the story?

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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