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Questions:

Q: What did James accidentally drop that caused the giant peach to grow? A: He dropped crocodile tongues – that were boiled in the skull of a deadwitch with other stuff (lizard eyeballs, monkey fingers, pig gizzard, etc).

Q: Why did James want to leave the house where he lived with his aunts? A: They were very cruel to him and he wanted to play with other children like he did when he was younger.

Q: What did James find when he opened the door in the peach pit? A: A large room with creatures sitting on furniture.

Q: Name some of the creatures that accompanied James on his journey. A: Old Grasshopper, Spider, Centipede, Earthworm, Ladybug, Glow-worm, Silkworm.

Q: Why was Earthworm unable to “see” James’s point? A: He was blind.

Q: What happened to Aunt Sponge and Aunt Spiker? A: The peach rolled over them and flattened them like paper dolls.

Q: How many seagulls did it take to lift the peach? A: 502.

Q: How does Grasshopper make music? A: Rubs his leg on the edge of his wing like a violin.

Q: What were the Cloud Men making when James first saw them? A: Hailstones (later, they were making a rainbow).

Q: How did the Centipede turn purple? A: A cloud man that was painting the rainbow dumped a bucket of paint on him.

Q: Why was New York City scared of the giant peach? A: They thought it was a giant bomb sent by another country.

Q: What stopped the peach from crashing to the ground as it fell from the sky? A: It was pierced by the top of the Empire State Building.

Q: What happened to the peach at the end of the story? A: It was eaten by the children of NYC and the stone became James’ house in Central Park.

Q: How did the peach start growing? A: James dropped a bag of magical, tiny green things on the ground.

Q: While he's in the peach, where does James roll to? A: The ocean

Q: What were the names of Jame's Aunts? A: Aunt Sponge and Aunt Spiker

Q: What does Aunt Sponge think she smells like? A: A rose

Q: How did James' parents die? A: They were eaten by a rhino who had escaped from the zoo.

Q: How did James and the insects get away from the sharks? A: They captured many, many seagulls, put string made by spider around their necks and had them pull the peach out of the water.

Q: What building did the peach land on? A: The Empire State Building

Q: What were the Cloudmen painting when the Centipede rudely interrupted them? A: a rainbow

Q: Who was used as bait to get the seagulls? A: the worm

Q: What happened to James at the end of the story? A: He becomes rich & successful. He lives in the peach stone in Central Park.

Q: What was the thing that sent stones into the peach? A: The cloudmen in the sky.

Q: What was James' special job that he had to do every morning and night? A: James had to take the caterpillars boots off and put them back on.

Q: How do James and his friends get the peach to fix? A: They use silkworms and Miss Spider's thread to catch seagulls.

Q: What did all the bugs do when they got to New York City? A: Centipede became vice-president of the shoe and boot factory. Earthworm was employed to a company making women's face cream. Silkworm and spider opened a rope factory. Glow-worm was the light in Lady Liberty's torch. Grasshopper became a part of the symphony orchestra. Ladybug married the head of the fire department.