James and the Giant Peach Vocabulary Quiz Chapters 1-6

Match the vocabulary word with its definition.

• part of a bird’s digestive system

• grim:

• stale, moldy, or damp

• froth:

• eyeglasses

• spectacles:

• gloomy

• musty:

• foam on a liquid

• gizzard:

Fill in the blanks with a vocabulary word. Quick! Bring me that hammer in a _______!

• jiffy
• bulging

• ramshackle

• blossom

Fill in the blanks with a vocabulary word. The rich man carried a _______ wallet full of cash.

• blossom

• bulging

• ramshackle

• peculiar

Fill in the blanks with a vocabulary word. He was a _______ man with strange clothing.

• peculiar
• bulging

• ramshackle

• jiffy

Fill in the blanks with a vocabulary word. The apple _______ smelled fresh and sweet.

• jiffy

• peculiar

• blossom

• ramshackle

Fill in the blanks with a vocabulary word. She owned a creaking _______ house in the city.

• bulging

• peculiar

• blossom

• ramshackle