James and the Giant Peach: Novel and Character Review

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.

Which character is like a great white soggy overboiled cabbage?

• Miss Spider

• Aunt Spiker

• Aunt Sponge

• Silkworm

Which character does nothing but good, yet is treated unfairly?

• Earthworm

• Miss Spider

• Old-Green Grasshopper

• Centipede

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

Who is the boy in the story?

• Johnny Appleseed

• James Henry Trotter

• Peter Piper

• Edward Tulane

Who wrote James and the Giant Peach?

• Megan Mcdonald

• Cynthia Rylant

• Roald Dahl

Why did James move in with his aunts?

• he wanted to move away from the beach

• his parents couldn't afford to raise him

• his parents died

• he liked his aunts better than his parents

What were the names of James' aunts?

• Aunt Gloop and Aunt Granite

• Aunt Mary and Aunt Sarah

• Aunt Petunia and Aunt Rose

• Aunt Spiker and Aunt Sponge

What was in the backyard of the house where James' aunts lived?

• an apple tree

• a beautiful garden

• an ancient peach tree

• nothing of great importance

What did the old man give James?

• a paper bag of magical green objects

• a toy from thousands of years ago

• a book full of magic spells

• a peach as large as a volleyball