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James and the Giant Peach Ch. 28-39
James and the Giant Peach Ch. 28-39
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1
What is a procession?
A large shop
A tall mountain
A dangerous storm
A crowd of people coming forward
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What does it mean to crouch?
To run fast
To stand up tall
To paint something
To bend down
3
What is a proposal?
An offer or idea
A generous gift
A mug for drinking
A small house
4
What happened to James and the peach?
He made a boat out of the stone and traveled the world
He hid inside the stone with the creatures for thirty years
He took it back home to Sponge and Spiker's old house
He lived inside the stone in Central Park
5
How did Centipede get out of his mess?
James gave him a hand
He paid Earthworm to help him
He was soaked by water and washed clean
He lowered himself to a town to get help
6
What did the Mayor and the people of the city do?
They locked the creatures up
They wrote the creatures a thank you note
They held a parade
They called Russia to ask why they sent the peach
7
What did the creatures think they saw in the sky?
A hurricane
A giant bridge
A pack of dogs
A swarm of butterflies
8
Why doesn't Miss Spider like paint?
She can't see colors, so it seems pointless to her
It's too messy
Her grandmother got stuck in it and killed by Spiker
She thinks it smells bad
9
What did Earthworm suggest to help Centipede?
Grab his tongue and turn him inside out
Peel him like a banana
Pull him up by his shoelaces
Give him a bath
10
Why did the paint dry so quickly?
It was very warm outside
It was rainbow paint
There was a very thin layer of paint
It was very cold outside
11
Where did they think the creatures were from?
The United States
England
Japan
Mars
12
Who was the first creature to come out of the peach?
James
Earthworm
Miss Spider
Centipede
13
How did they crash into the rainbow?
The strings got tangled in the cloud men's ropes
The seagulls were chasing bugs that they wanted to eat
There was a strong wind
The blind Earthworm was steering the peach
14
How did they get the peach down?
It never came down
The creatures and firemen pushed it off
A hundred steeplejacks lifted the peach and lowered it down
It fell off
15
Why wasn't the peach sinking?
The seagulls had gotten stronger
There was no space in the city for it to land
There was too much wind
It was too light because it had lost a lot of juice
16
What happened to Centipede?
He made friends with the cloud men
He got covered in sticky purple paint
He fell off the peach
He lost all of his boots
17
What did some of the creatures say about how many cloud men there were?
Spider--rather have all of her relatives squashed
Centipede--rather give up his boots forever and go home
Grasshopper--rather be fried alive and eaten by a Mexican
Earthworm--rather be on the end of a fish hook, used as bait
18
What did the people think was happening?
Aliens were landing
The sun was falling
A bomb was being dropped
A hot air balloon had gotten lost
19
What were the cloud men doing?
Painting a rainbow
Singing songs
Eating breakfast
Packing for a trip
20
What happened to make them finally fall to Earth?
An airplane cut through all the strings
The seagulls got tired and stopped flying
James learned how to steer the seagulls downward
The peach was hit by lightning
21
What does it mean if something plummeted?
It fell down quickly
It rose quickly into the air
It rolled away from you
It rose slowly into the air
22
What did the creatures fly past?
England
Cloud city
The North Pole
China
23
What stopped the panic they were all feeling?
James came out and introduced his friends
Miss Spider talked to them
Earthworm assured them they were not aliens
Grasshopper played them a calming song
24
Where did the peach land?
On Fifth Avenue
Los Angeles
Central Park
The pinnacle of the Empire State Building
25
If something is vermicious, what is it?
Fluffy
Very old
Beautiful
Ugly
26
What was the Centipede worried about when they were sinking?
The people would lock him up
He didn't know anything about New York City
His boots weren't polished
He might not speak the same language as the people here
27
What is a monument?
A mirror with a nice frame
A type of computer
An old broken down building
A statue of historic meaning
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How did they escape the cloud men?
Centipede chewed through some strings
They threw pieces of the peach at them
Grasshopper played a song to calm them down
They floated further up so cloud men couldn't reach them
29
What did all the children do?
They wrote a song for the creatures
They screamed every time they saw the creatures
They ate the peach and licked the pit clean
They hid behind their parents
30
What did the people on the ground do?
Mayor called the President of the United States
Ran for cover and started to pray
Shouted mean things to the creatures
Ate popcorn and calmly watched the peach float over the city
31
How did they decide to get down?
They would eat the peach bit by bit
They would jump onto an airplane flying by
Centipede would bite through the strings
They would yell for help
32
How did they realize they were in America?
There were tall skyscrapers
There was a sign
They saw the American flag
Everyone was speaking English
33
What does smithereens mean?
In pieces
Brand new
Extremely strong
Soft
34
What did they think the Centipede was?
The U.S. President
A whangdoodle
A Centipede
A dragon
35
What does encased mean?
Open to the world
To be in a large field
Waiting with hope
Trapped or surrounded
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What did Earthworm suggest they figure out?
What they would eat when the peach was gone
How to avoid seeing more cloud men
How on earth they would get down to Earth
How to get back to England
