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

2. What does the BFG collect in the jars in his cave?

3. What street does the Giant run down after he snatches Sophie?

4. How many giants drink frobscottle?

5. What simile is used to describe how the houses look when Sophie looks out the window in Chapter 1?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is the snozzcumber and what does it taste like?

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

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

6. What are the other giants like?

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

8. How does the Giant describe himself and his eating habits?

9. How do Giants come into existence?

10. What is the Giant wearing in Chapter 4?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

There are several places in the novel where Dahl uses suspense. How does Dahl use suspense throughout the novel, and how does the use of suspense affect readers and the pace of the story?

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