Chapter 1-7
What tragic event happens to James’s parents?
They are eaten by an enormous angry rhinoceros which had escaped from the London Zoo.
What insects does James meet once he goes into the giant peach?
He meets a giant Centipede, along with Grasshopper, Ladybug, Spider, and Earthworm.
What destruction does the rolling of the peach cause?
The giant peach wrecks fences, farms, animals, barrels down roads, crashes into buildingseven a chocolate factory, causing floods of melted chocolate.
How do the Cloud-Men create a rainbow?
They all have huge brushes and splash the paint onto the great curvy arch in a frenzy of speed. They lower it down to earth with ropes.
How does Miss Spider describe her daily work, and why does this create sympathy for her despite her fearsome appearance?
She catches flies and mosquitoes all day but receives no love for it.
what happens to James after his parents died?
James was alone and frightened and was eventually sent away to live with his two aunts.
How did the insects grow to be so enormous?
They said they saw the magic crystals that grew the peach and swallowed them, which caused them to grow human-sized.
What danger do James and the insects face while floating in the ocean?
They are surrounded by sharks that start biting chunks out of the peach, threatening to sink them.
Why were the Cloud-Men furious?
The ropes that the Cloud-Men had been using for lowering the rainbow got tangled up with the silk string that went up from the peach to the seagulls.
What event represents freedom in this book?
detaching of the peach from the branch.
rolling down the hill into the ocean
attaching to seagulls to escape the sharks.
How is James’s life after moving in with his two aunts?
He’s miserable, forced to do hard labor, confined to their ramshackle house and garden.
What happens in the morning after James and the
insects met?
The peach detaches and begins to roll.
How does James come up with the idea to escape the sharks?
He thinks of using string spun by Miss Spider/Silkworm, Earthworm as bait, and lassoing seagulls to lift the peach.
Why does Miss Spider detest paint?
It frightens her because it reminds her of Aunt Sponge who glanced up at the ceiling and spotted Miss Spider and wanted to kill her with a mop.
This is James' full name.?
James Henry Trotter
What does the old man give James?
The old man gives James tiny green magic crystals
What happens to the aunts when they are running away from the rolling peach?
They tripped and fell, but before they could get up, they were rolled on by the peach.
How many seagulls are needed to lift the peach into the air?
They need 502 seagulls: the 501st begins lift, and with the 502nd, the peach rises into the air.
What do the Cloud-Men do when they came back?
They come back more aggressive than before and they turn on the faucet drench James and his friends. (
Which of the insects was used as bait so they could escape the sharks?
the Earthworm
What do James’s aunts want to do once they see the growing peach?
They want James to get it so they can eat it
What did the aunts think happened to James last night?
They thought he fell down in the dark and broke his leg or neck.
What happen inside of the peach as rolled down the
steep hill?
James was flying up and down, back and forth, and round and round at the same time all the other creatures were flying through the air in every direction. All the chairs and sofas were flying too.
How do James and his friends describe ‘Cloud-Men’?
They are tall, wispy wraithlike, shadowy white creatures who looked as though they were made out of a mixture of cotton-wool and candy-floss and thin white hairs.
This person was referred to as a 'lovely Frankenstein'.
Aunt Sponge