James and the Giant Peach Chapters 22-23

How many seagulls in the end did it take to lift the peach out of the water?

• 205

• 500

• 502

• 503

Infer - How do you think the Silkworm and Miss Spider would be feeling toward the end of the plan?

• exhausted

• scared

• mad

• silly

Why did the Spider "fall" off the side of the peach?

• she was pushed by centipede

• to save the earthworm

• to check the damage of the peach

• to see if they were totally out of the water

What was glowworms job during the plan?

• pull earthworm back

• make silk

• light the room for the spinners

• help James with the seagulls

When the spider went on the edge of the peach, what did she discover?

• the peach was half gone

• there was little damage to the peach

• the sharks had swam away

• they weren't totally out of the water

Why was there little damage from the sharks?

• they have long noses, making it hard for them to bite the peach

• sharks don't like the taste of peaches

• the sharks were trying to help, not eat the peach

• they imagined the sharks

What did the author compare the sharks trying to bite the peach to?

• a cat and a ball of yarn

• a dog chasing his tail

• a seagull eating worms

• a dog trying to get his teeth into an enormous ball

What do the people on the ship below think about the peach?

• its a flying saucer

• its the sun sinking

• they are enemies and dangerous

• its an asteroid hitting earth

What type of figurative language is, "like magic, the earthworm disappeared"?

• simile

• hyperbole

• idiom

• pun

What does "a puzzled look on her face" mean?

• excited

• angry

• confused

• disapointed