Name Date 7-8

JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH

Comprehension Test C

Directions: Read each question carefully. Circle the letter of the choice that best answers each question.

1. What did Aunt Sponge and Aunt Spiker do to James?

a. starved him b. beat him c. locked him in his room
2. The old man told James to add water to the green things and drink it so .
a. he'd win the lottery
b. he'd grow handsome and become a famous movie star
c. he 'd never feel miserable again

3. How much did the greedy aunts charge to view the giant peach?
a. one shilling b. one pound c. tuppence
4. When the peach was bobbing up and down, how did everyone get out?
a. through the side door
b. through the hole in the ceiling
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c. through a hole in the floor

5. Who was blind?

a. Spider b. Ladybug c. Earthworm

6. What did everyone shout when they found out they weren't going to die of thirst?
a. Good Golly Miss Molly
b. Holy Cats
c. Jumping Jehoshophat
7. How many seagulls did it take to raise the giant peach out of the water?
a. 500 6.501 c.502

8. What were the Cloud-Men doing with pots of paint and big brushes?
a. painting a rainbow
b. painting the seagulls so they'd stiffen and couldn't fly
c. throwing them at each other during a fight

9. How did Centipede get the purple paint off his body?
a. His friends peeled him like a banana.
b. His friends rubbed him with sandpaper.
c. A deluge washed it off.
10. During the night, the giant peach crossed the Ocean.
a. Atlantic b. Pacific c. Indian
Answer Key
JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH Comprehension Test C
1. b 6. c
2. c 7. C
3. a 8. a
4. b 9. C
5. c 10. a