WorksheetsJames and the Giant Peach Novel and Character Review
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 2hrs 5mins
Which character is a pest and proud of it?
James Henry Trotter
Aunt Sponge
Centipede
Ladybug
Which character is a sad and lonely little boy who used to spend hours gazing at a forbidden world?
Glow-Worm
Earthworm
Centipede
James Henry Trotter
Which character loves to make everything into a disaster?
Centipede
Old-Green Grasshopper
Earthworm
Silkworm
Which character stands upside down in the middle of the ceiling looking like a gigantic fly without wings?
Earthworm
Silkworm
Glowworm
Centipede
Which character is like a great white soggy overboiled cabbage?
Miss Spider
Aunt Spiker
Aunt Sponge
Silkworm
Which character sleeps all day long in a corner inside the peach?
Ladybug
Miss Spider
Silkworm
Centipede
Which character has a screeching voice and long, wet, narrow lips?
Old-Green Grasshopper
Aunt Spiker
Aunt Sponge
Miss Spider
Which character is James's greatest comfort since the trip began?
Ladybug
Aunt Sponge
Glowworm
Earthworm
Which character has everyone spellbound by playing beautiful music?
Centipede
Earthworm
Old-Green Grasshopper
Silkworm
Which character does nothing but good, yet is treated unfairly?
Earthworm
Miss Spider
Old-Green Grasshopper
Centipede
The old man told James that the green things in the bag came from....
fairy wings
elephant ears
crocodile tongues
dragon scales
When he first met the creatures, James was asked to...
Change the bulb in Glowworm's tail
decorate a web for Miss Spider
Help the Centipede take off his boots
Look for Old-Green Grasshopper's missing top hat
Which of the following did NOT happen after the beach began to roll?
A river of chocolate came pouring out of the holes in the factory walls.
A fishing rod was whisked out of the hands of an old man.
The aunts were flattened.
The bell from the church went flying into a fountain.
When James and the creatures climbed out of the peach, they saw that....
the aunts were chasing the peach
the peach had rolled into a cave
they were in the middle of the sea
hundreds of insects were approaching the peach
What did James say he needed when the sharks attacked the peach?
all of Centipede's shoes
something he could use as a scoop
hundreds of yards of string
a long pointed stick
What happened after the peach flew over the ship?
Old-Green Grasshopper played beautiful music.
The Glowworm told a scary story.
Miss Spider performed a whirling dance on top of the peach.
The Ladybug sang an entire opera.
What were the Cloud Men doing when James and the others first saw them?
poking each other with lightning bolts
making hailstones and showering them down on people below
throwing spears at the sun rays that were trying to shine
forming clouds into animals, ships, castles, and other shapes
What did the angry Cloud Man do?
He dipped Glowworm's light into some black paint.
He sprayed a can of green paint over the top of the peach.
He tipped a gallon of purple paint onto the Centipede.
He put red paint on the Ladybug's black spots.
When daylight came, James realized that the peach had...
landed in the Australian desert.
bumped into Big Ben in London
crossed the Atlantic Ocean over night
drifted over the North Pole
What did the Ladybug do after settling in New York City?
She married the head of the fire department
She became a singer at the Metropolitan Opera
She took a job as a Kindergarten teacher
She worked as a gardener in Central Park
Why couldn't the sharks do much damage to the peach?
the Cloud Men threw hailstones at them
they didn't like peaches
James kept hitting them with sticks
their noses got in the way
Why did the Cloud Men throw hailstones at the peach?
Centipede insulted them.
Earthworm insulted them.
They thought the peach was from outer space.
They thought the creatures would like hailstones.
How did the peach get eaten?
The children at the parade ate it.
The seagulls ate it.
The creatures ate it.
Spiker and Sponge ate it.
How did Centipede fall off the peach?
Earthworm pushed him off.
He jumped off.
He was trying to check to see if the sharks damaged it and fell.
He was dancing and got too close to the edge.
Why did James have to go live with his Aunt Sponge and Spiker?
His parents didn't want him anymore.
James wanted to go live with his aunts.
His parents were fighting in the war.
His parents died from a rhinoceros attack.
