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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 color stone is the Queen's palace made from?

2. Where is a house built for the BFG at the Queen's order?

3. How many of the giants dreams are loaded on each jeep in Chapter 22?

4. What color dressing gown does the Queen put on before Sophie calls the BFG in Chapter 19?

5. How many helicopters does the BFG say will be needed to capture the giants?

Short Essay Questions

1. How can the BFG mix up a dream?

2. Why can the BFG not stop the other giants from eating humans?

3. How does the BFG move through the Palace garden?

4. How does the capturing of the giants go at first?

5. How does the BFG know what a dream is about?

6. What do the giants look and sound like when they're sleeping?

7. What happens when the BFG gives the Fleshlumpeater the nightmare?

8. How does Sophie direct the BFG to get into the palace grounds?

9. What is happening in England while the BFG, Sophie, and the Army, and Air Force are capturing the giants?

10. Why does the Queen not want her maid to get rid of Sophie when they see Sophie sitting on the windowsill?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Sophie has a limited view of the world before she meets the BFG. What are some of the prejudices she has? How does the BFG broaden her view of the world? How do her ideas about the world change because of her conversations with the BFG?

Essay Topic 2

The BFG considers dreams to be alive. What are some characteristics of life that the dreams display? Why does the BFG consider dreams to be alive? How does that affect the way that he handles dreams? Does the author seem to present dreams as living things?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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