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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 long are the Giant's strides when he is running carrying Sophie?

2. What does the BFG want Sophie to make him so he can ride it?

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

4. When is the witching hour supposed to occur?

5. What color are the Giant's eyes?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is a trogglehumper?

4. What does Dream Country look like?

5. What is the Giant wearing in Chapter 4?

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

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

8. How do Giants come into existence?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

“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?

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