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JAMES AND THE GAINT PEACH

Total questions: 73

Worksheet time: 37mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Colossal means:

a)

panicked; hurried

b)

peacefully

c)

chaos

d)

giant

2.

Which of the creatures prepares the beds?

a)

OLD GREEN GRASSHOPPER

b)

EARTHWORM

c)

MISS SPIDER

d)

LADYBUG

3.

How many legs does Centipede have?

a)

98

b)

42

c)

100

d)

50

4.

Whose light keeps everyone up at night?

a)

Silk Worm

b)

Earth Worm

c)

Glow-Worm

d)

Grasshopper

5.

Who was described as a kind and gentle creature?

a)

James

b)

Aunt Sponge

c)

Ladybug

d)

Grasshopper

6.

When James doesn't come back, the Aunts say they hoped he broke....

a)

his neck and leg

b)

his arm

c)

his foot and leg

d)

his wrist

7.

What are Aunt Sponge and Aunt Spiker doing before the peach begins to roll away?

a)

COUNTING THEIR MONEY

b)

BICKERING WITH ONE ANOTHER

c)

WORRYING ABOUT JAMES

d)

PREPARING FOR THE TOURISTS

8.

What does Aunt Sponge trip on when the peach begins rolling?

a)

HER OWN TWO FEET

b)

A BOX DESIGNED TO HOLD MONEY

c)

AUNT SPIKER

d)

A TREE ROOT

9.

What happened to Aunt Sponge and Spiker while they were just about to charge admission?

a)

they ran out of the way of the peach

b)

they were knocked over by the peach and ran after it

c)

they were flattened by the peach

d)

nothing

10.

When the aunts were flattened they were described by a simile, they were thin and lifeless as a couple of _________?

a)

pieces of paper

b)

paper dolls

c)

of leaves

d)

socks

11.

The old man told James that the green things were...

a)

alligator toes

b)

crocodile tongues

c)

dog nails

d)

lizard tails

12.

Who will get the power of the magic?

a)

whoever sings first

b)

whoever laughs first

c)

whoever they see first first

d)

whoever cries first

13.

How did James lose the items in the bag?

a)

he slipped and fell in the grass

b)

his aunt's took it from him

c)

a bird snatched it from his hands

d)

the little man took them back

14.

What was on top of the tree?

a)

a bird

b)

a worm

c)

the little man

d)

a peach

15.

What happened to the peach?

a)

it grew as big as a mouse

b)

it grew as big as a house

c)

it grew as big as a bike

d)

it grew as big as a car

16.

What did James find under the peach?

a)

a nest

b)

a tunnel

c)

another peach

d)

a small boy

17.

Where was James when the aunts were charging to see the peach?

a)

selling tickets

b)

locked in his room

c)

inside the peach

d)

playing with his friends

18.

Where was James when the aunts were charging to see the peach?

a)

selling tickets

b)

locked in his room

c)

inside the peach

d)

playing with his friends

19.

What did James find in the middle of the peach?

a)

a window

b)

a bed

c)

a door

d)

a table

20.

What did James find in the middle of the peach?

a)

a window

b)

a bed

c)

a door

d)

a table

21.

What did the aunts send James to do?

a)

have dinner

b)

clean outside

c)

play with friends

d)

cook the peach

22.

who is the author of James and the Giant Peach?

a)

Roald Dahl

b)

Vincent McMann

c)

Patricia Polacco

d)

James Peach

23.

_____and the Giant Peach

a)

Billy

b)

James

c)

Jack

24.

dreadful means...

a)

nice

b)

very unpleasant

c)

cute

25.

Aunt sponge and aunt Spiker were____

a)

selfish

b)

cool

c)

nice

26.

Who was blind?

a)

James

b)

the earthworm

c)

miss spider

27.

Which character worked the hardest in the family?

(a)  

28.

The old man told James that if he drank from the jug, he would…

a)

never be sad again

b)

grow taller

c)

be ugly

29.

How did the insects react when they first met James?

a)

they were happy

b)

they were suprised

c)

they were scared

30.

A _______ate up Jame's mother and father.

a)

tiger

b)

rhinoceros

c)

dinosaur

31.

peculiar means___

a)

cool

b)

weird or strange

c)

happy

32.

vast means....

a)

very large

b)

tiny

c)

equal

33.

SELECT 2 ANSWERS!


What two words best describe James in the first

a)

Lonely

b)

Excited

c)

Sad

d)

Brave

e)

Funny

34.

What is a Synonym for Peculiar

a)

annoying

b)

beautiful

c)

large

d)

strange

35.

What does forbidden mean in the sentence below from page 5?


"gazing wistfully at the lovely but forbidden world of woods and fields and ocean that was spread out below him..."

a)

beautiful

b)

adventure

c)

not allowed

d)

far away

36.

James has two aunts, their names are......

a)

Aunt Sponge and Aunt Spiker

b)

Aunt String and Aunt Sassy

c)

Aunt Sally and Aunt Sage

d)

Aunt Sponge and Aunt Sizzle

37.

Select two ANTONYMS for the word great

a)

Amazing

b)

Awful

c)

Fabulous

d)

Wonderful

e)

Terrible

38.

What happened after James Spilled the magical stuff in the bag?

a)

He collected it and put it back into the bag

b)

An animal came by and ate the pieces

c)

He went back to working for his aunts

d)

It went into the ground and a peach started to grow on the tree

39.

What does Aunt Spiker notice about the peach?

a)

It's turning into an apple

b)

It's talking

c)

It's changing color

d)

It's growing

40.

rundown and falling apart

a)

desolate

b)

ramshackle

c)

wistfully

d)

peculiar

41.

empty and without life

a)

peculiar

b)

ghastly

c)

mammoth

d)

desolate

42.

empty and without life

a)

peculiar

b)

ghastly

c)

mammoth

d)

desolate

43.

in a longing, hopeful way

a)

wistfully

b)

mammoth

c)

ghastly

d)

ramshackle

44.

very strange

a)

peculiar

b)

mammoth

c)

ghastly

d)

ramshackle

45.

very hungry

a)

curious

b)

mammoth

c)

famished

d)

ramshackle

46.

very, very big

a)

disagreeable

b)

mammoth

c)

colossal

d)

ghastly

47.

strange or unusual

a)

curious

b)

mammoth

c)

colossal

d)

hysterics

48.

difficult to get along with

a)

curious

b)

disagreeable

c)

repulsive

d)

hysterics

49.

extremely large

a)

colossal

b)

famished

c)

repulsive

d)

curious

50.

fits of uncontrollable laughter

a)

colossal

b)

famished

c)

repulsive

d)

hysterics

51.

disgusting and very unpleasant

a)

disagreeable

b)

mammoth

c)

repulsive

d)

desolate

52.

SELECT 2 ANSWERS!


What two words best describe James in the first

a)

Lonely

b)

Excited

c)

Sad

d)

Brave

e)

Funny

53.

empty and without life

a)

peculiar

b)

ghastly

c)

mammoth

d)

desolate

54.

rundown and falling apart

a)

desolate

b)

ramshackle

c)

wistfully

d)

peculiar

55.

in a longing, hopeful way

a)

wistfully

b)

mammoth

c)

ghastly

d)

ramshackle

56.

Who gnawed off the peach from the tree?

a)

Ladybug

b)

Miss Spider

c)

Centipede

d)

James

57.

Who says he has 100 feet?

a)

Miss Spider

b)

Centipede

c)

Old Green Grasshopper

d)

Glow worm

58.

How did the insects feel about starting to leave?

a)

They were excited

b)

They were worried

c)

They were homesick

59.

What type of bed did Miss Spider build everyone in the peach?

a)

Bunk Beds

b)

King Beds

c)

Hammocks

d)

Twin beds

60.

What is Centipede so excited to be?

a)

Alive

b)

Dead

c)

A Pest

d)

An Insect

61.

What does Lurch mean?

a)

Something to jump high

b)

Something to shake violently

c)

A small Shake

d)

When someone falls

62.

How do James' aunts threaten to punish him for his laziness?

a)

by taking away his time for watching T.V.

b)

by beating him with a stick

c)

by depriving him of dinner

d)

by forcing him to sleep in the well

63.
What place did James really want to go to but his aunts won't let him?
a)
a hill
b)
a river
c)
a beach
64.

Which was NOT an insect James met in the peach?

a)

Grasshopper

b)

Glow-worm

c)

Ladybug

d)

Bumblebee

65.

How big does the peach eventually grow?

a)

As big as a basket ball.

b)

As big as a pumpkin.

c)

As big as a car.

d)

As big as a house.

66.

How was James' life with his aunts?

a)

Enjoyable and fun

b)

Adventurous

c)

Exhausting and lonely

d)

Relaxing

67.

Who is the boy in the story?

a)

Johnny Appleseed

b)

James Henry Trotter

c)

Peter Piper

d)

Edward Tulane

68.
Who is the wisest insect?
a)
Ladybug
b)
Centipede
c)
Old Green Grasshopper
69.
What happened after the peach rolled and hit a factory?
a)
The chocolate went into people's houses.
b)
The peach hit everyone.
70.
What is another book that Roald Dahl wrote? 
a)
One Fish, Two Fish
b)
Fantastic Mr. Fox
c)
More Spaghetti I Say
71.
Who wrote James and the Giant Peach?
a)
Megan Mcdonald
b)
Cynthia Rylant
c)
Roald Dahl
72.

Who was squished by the peach?

a)

James

b)

Centipede

c)

Aunt Sponge and Aunt Spiker

d)

The rhinoceros

73.

Which character did not help Centipede put on his boots?

a)

Ladybug

b)

Miss Spider

c)

James

d)

Old Green Grasshopper

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