James and the Giant Peach

In chapter 18, how do you infer the insects felt when James reminded them that they could eat their way through the peach?

• The insects felt excited and thrill to have a friend as clever as James.

• The insects felt worried because they could die of eating too much.

• The insects felt tired because they had just finish eating a shark.

The rhyming pattern of this part of the poem is:

"For dinner on my birthday shall I tell you what I chose:

Hot noodles made from poodles on a slice of garden hose - -

And a rather smelly jelly

Made of armadillo's toes.

• A

  B

  B

  A

• A

  A

  B

  A

• A

  B

  C

  D

• A

  A

  C

  A

What does pandemonium mean in this sentence:

"Panic and pandemonium broke out immediately on top of the peach."

• It means full of laughter.

• It means running around in circles.

• It means wild and noisy disorder or confusion.

What figurative language is mostly noticeable through out the novel?

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Pun

• Alliteration

What genre is James and the Giant Peach?

• Fantasy

• Historical Fiction

• Mystery

Our Centipede, who has a pair of jaws as sharp as razors, is up there on top of the peach nibbling away at that stem.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hiperbole

• Idiom

It hit the water with a colossal splash and sank like a stone.

What hit the water and what is a colossal splash?

• The peach hit the water and it made a small wave.

• The peach hit the water and it made a funny wave.

• The peach hit the water and it made a huge wave.

In the whole history of the world, no travelers had ever had a more terrible journey than these unfortunate creatures.

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Idiom

During their journey, what 3 characteristic traits does James show:

• creative, clever, arrogant

• bossy, mean, annoying

• helpless, shy, insecure

• creative, resourceful, clever

"Oh, I shall be pecked to death!" wailed the poor Earthworm.

"Of course you won't."

"I will, I know I will! And I won't even be able to see them coming at me because I have no

eyes!"

How do you infer the Earthworm is feeling:

• I infer the Earthworm is feeling brave because he is helping his friends survive.

• I infer the Earthworm feels scare because he is being used as a bait.

• I infer the Earthworm feels secure because he trusts James' plan.