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J and The G P

Total questions: 52

Worksheet time: 2hrs 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What country does the story take place?

a)

USA

b)

Canada

c)

England

d)

Mexico

2.

What happened to James's parents?

a)

They ran away.

b)

They were abducted by aliens

c)

They were eaten by rhinoceroses

d)

They dies in a car accident.

3.

What were the names of the 2 aunts that James lived with?

a)

Aunt Trotter

b)

Aunt Henry

c)

Aunt Spiker

d)

Aunt Sponge

4.

How was James treated by his aunts?

a)

he was called names

b)

he was beaten

c)

he was not allowed to play with other children

d)

he was made to work all day long

5.

What did the name in the garden give the James?

a)

tiny green things that looked like stones or crystals

b)

large green magical beans

c)

green seeds

d)

grains of rice

6.

As James was running back to the house with the white bag the old man in the garden gave him, what happened?

a)

He planted the seeds near the gate

b)

He tripped and spilled the things on the ground near the peach tree

c)

He tripped and fell but the green things did not fall out of the white bag

d)

He drank a glass of water with the green things dissolved in the glass.

7.

How large did the peach on the tree grow?

a)

just the average size

b)

it didn't grow at all

c)

as big as a car

d)

as big as a small house

8.

What did James's aunts do with the peach?

a)

They sold tickets to others so that the public could see it

b)

They ate it

c)

They hide it so that no one else could see it

d)

They rolled it down the hill into the ocean to feed the sharks

9.

What characters did James meet when he arrived at the pit of the peach?

a)

Centipede

b)

Old green grasshopper

c)

Glow Worm

d)

Ladybug

e)

Spider

10.

What happened to James' Parents?

a)

They moved away and left him alone

b)

They were eaten by a Rhino in London

c)

They died in a car accident

d)

They gave him to his aunts

11.

James' Aunts would be best described as.........

a)

warm and kind

b)

angry and sad

c)

silly and fun

d)

nasty and mean

12.

At his aunts house, James

a)

played with his friends at the beach

b)

worked hard but was paid for his work

c)

was forced to work and never leave their yard

d)

was happy and lived a normal life

13.

SELECT 2 ANSWERS!


What two words best describe James in the first

a)

Lonely

b)

Excited

c)

Sad

d)

Brave

e)

Funny

14.

What is a Synonym for Peculiar

a)

annoying

b)

beautiful

c)

large

d)

strange

15.

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

16.

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

17.

Select two ANTONYMS for the word great

a)

Amazing

b)

Awful

c)

Fabulous

d)

Wonderful

e)

Terrible

18.

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

19.

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

20.

How did James's parents get eaten?

a)

Eaten by an elephant

b)

Eaten by a lion

c)

Eaten by a rhinoceros

21.

Was Aunt Sponge and Aunt Spiker kind?

a)

Yes

b)

No

22.

What did James NOT take to his Aunts' house?

a)

pair of pajamas

b)

toothbrush

c)

camera

23.

If James went out to the garden and he was punished, what punishment did he have?

a)

sweeping the floors for the rest of his life

b)

not resting and cleaning the house for one whole day

c)

being locked up in the cellar with the rats for a week

24.
This word means to be annoying
a)
hopeless
b)
nuisance
c)
despair
d)
desolate
25.
This word means to be very full
a)
despair
b)
bulging
c)
hideous
d)
seething
26.
To be very ugly
a)
nuisance
b)
hideous
despair
c)
seething
peculiar
d)
peculiar
hideous
27.
This word means to be odd
a)
seething
b)
nuisance
c)
desolate
d)
peculiar
28.
This word means to be bare and lonely
a)
nuisance
b)
desolate
c)
bulging
d)
hideous
29.
This word means to be bright and shiny
a)
hideous
b)
seething
c)
luminous
d)
bulging
30.
This word means to be angry
a)
nuisance
b)
luminous
c)
seething
d)
despair
31.
This word means to have not hope
a)
seething
b)
desolate
c)
despair
d)
nuisance
32.
My little brother is such a _______. He bothers me all the time.
a)
hideous
b)
nuisance
c)
peculiar
d)
seething
33.
I found my self in great ______, having no hope for the future.
a)
bulging
b)
despair
c)
luminous
d)
desolate
34.
The lights in the showroom were very bright and __________.
a)
seething
b)
luminous
c)
desolate
d)
hideous
35.
The town was _______ after the tornado came through.
a)
luminous
b)
desolate
c)
bulging
d)
nuisance
36.
The mom was ______ mad when her daughter didn't do her chores.
a)
hideous
b)
seething
c)
luminous
d)
peculiar
37.
The zombie was _________ looking.
a)
nuisance
b)
bulging
c)
hideous
d)
seething
38.
The girl at the gas station was acting very ___________.
a)
bulging
b)
luminous
c)
peculiar
d)
seething
39.
The balloon was ___________ with air.
a)
seething
b)
despair
c)
desolate
d)
bulging
40.
glowing
a)
nuisance
b)
desolate
c)
seething
d)
luminous
41.
bothersome
a)
luminous
b)
bulging
c)
nuisance
d)
desolate
42.
bare
a)
seething
b)
hideous
c)
desolate
d)
despair
43.
mad
a)
peculiar
b)
hideous
c)
seething
d)
bulging
44.
weird
a)
hideous
b)
peculiar
c)
seething
d)
inous
45.
not pretty
a)
nuisance
b)
desolate
c)
hideous
d)
bulging
46.
about to bust
a)
hideous
b)
desolate
c)
bulging
d)
luminous
47.
hopeless
a)
desolate
b)
despair
c)
luminous
d)
hideous
48.

Which of the following was NOT an instruction the old man gave James?

a)

never drink the mixture

b)

add 10 personal hairs to the mixture

c)

mix the green objects in water

d)

drink the mixture after it begins to boil

49.

What happens just after James receives the tiny green objects?

a)

he trips and falls, and they sink into the ground

b)

he trips and falls, but then he recovers them

c)

he successfully mixes the green objects into a magic potion

d)

his aunts steal the green objects

50.

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

51.

What happens when James climbs towards the peach?

a)

it doubles in size

b)

it shrinks

c)

it disappears

d)

it falls from the tree

52.

What do James' aunts do with the peach at first?

a)

eat it

b)

make it James' birthday present

c)

sell it

d)

throw it out