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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 do the BFG and Sophie see in the palace gardens in Chapter 18?

2. What color is Sophie's nightie?

3. Who is being saved in the nice dream that the BFG caught?

4. How many windows has the BFG opened in his years of dream blowing?

5. What color is the sun when it rises in Chapter 19?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Sophie situated as she goes along with the BFG to the Queen's palace?

2. What did the Queen dream at the end of her dream?

3. In Chapter 19, what story is in the morning newspaper?

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

5. How can the BFG mix up a dream?

6. In Chapter 14, where are the giants going to get humans to eat?

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

8. What is the plan to capture the giants?

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

10. Where do the BFG and Sophie live after the giants are captured?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 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

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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