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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 is the Giant carrying?

2. How tall is the Bloodbottler?

3. What does the Bonecrunching Giant say that the humans he eats taste like?

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

5. What color is the ground in the wasteland that the Giant travels through in Chapter 4?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the other giants like?

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

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

4. Where does Sophie think the BFG should get food, and why does he not get food from there?

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

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

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

8. What is the witching hour?

9. What does Sophie think when she tastes the frobscottle?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The BFG is a dream-blowing giant. What does the BFG do with dreams in the novel? How important are dreams In the novel, and how do they affect the plot?

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 BFG has a strange way of speaking. How is the BFG’s way of speaking confusing? What does his manner of speech reveal about the BFG and the type of person he is?

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