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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 Sophie see coming up the street at the end of Chapter 1?

2. What sounds can Sophie hear at the beginning of Chapter 1?

3. What does the BFG put in his suitcase in Chapter 11?

4. What does the BFG think that the snozzcumber tastes like?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the Giant wearing in Chapter 4?

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

4. What does the Giant do after looking in the Goochey children's bedroom window?

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

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

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

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

9. What is a trogglehumper?

10. What happens when Bloodbottler eats snozzcumber?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

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 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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