James and the Giant Peach Quiz

Who made the beds for James and the insects?

• Centipede
• Miss Spider
• Old Green Grasshopper

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RI.1.1

How do you describe James' aunts?

• mean and selfish
• friendly and kind
• generous

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

Peculiar means....

• Weird or odd
• funny
• sad
• mad

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

How many legs does Centipede have?

• 42
• 100
• 10
• 6

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.3

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.3

Which word best describes how James feels while living with his aunts.

• overworked
• exhausted
• calm
• lonely

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

"James stopped and started at the speakers, his face white with horror." Explain what this means.

• James was upset about what his aunts were doing and the money they were taking from people to see the peach. 
• James was concerned with the little green crystals being lost in the soil. 
• James was scared of what he found inside the peach.
• James was getting scared after being locked out of the house in the dark.

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

What does ramshackle mean?

• carelessly constructed; ready to collapse
• with longing or regret
• greatly exceeding the common size
• strange or odd; unusual

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What does enormously mean?

• greatly exceeding the common size
• carelessly constructed; ready to collapse
• with longing or regret
• strange or odd; unusual

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

How many legs does Earthworm thinks Centipede has?

• 42
• 100
• 10
• 6

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

"as lovely as a rose" is what type of figurative language?

• simile

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3