Characters
Which insect is the oldest member of the group
The Old-Green-Grasshopper
A person or thing that is annoying or causes trouble
Nuisance
What animal killed Jame's parents
Rhino
Why did James choose the Earthworm instead of another insect as bait?
Birds love to eat worms
Where did James live before moving in with his aunts
In a beautiful house by the seashore
Which insect constantly worried about being eaten?
The Earthworm
Extremely angry or boiling with emotions
Seething
What magical object made the peach grow
The green crystals
What weather did the Cloud-Men throw first at the peach?
Hailstones
What famous building did the peach land on?
The Empire State Building
Which insect spun the silk used to tie the seagulls
The silkworm
Walking in a slow, relaxed way
Ambled
What was used as bait to attract the seagulls
The Earthworm
Which famous landmark stopped the peach from falling to the streets below.
The sharp tip of the Empire State Building
What city did the peach finally arrive in?
New York City
Which character often bragged about his many feet and forty-two pairs of boots?
The Centipede
Complete confusion, noisy and chaotic
Pandemonium
Approximately how many seagulls did James attach to the peach before it finally lifted into the air?
About 500
Why were the sharks unable to catch the peach?
The seagulls lifted it out of the ocean
What did James eventually make his home as?
The peach pit
Earthworm
Falling very quickly from a big height
Plummeted
James's escape from the charks depended on three different characters, each character playing a unique role. Name the characters and explain how they contributed to the escape of the sharks.
Earthworm - used as bait to attract the seagulls
Silkworm ot spider - spun the silk used as ropes
James - created and directed the entire plan, and tied the silk to each seagull.
Explain why James wanted to fly above the Cloud-Men instead of around them?
He thinks that they controlled weather only in the clouds and down, and they cannot control weather above the clouds, therefore they can avoid the hail, snow, lighting and storms created by the Cloud-Men
Before reaching New York, what dangerous place did the peach pass through where mysterious beings attacked it? Why was it dangerous? Why did the mysterious beings attack the peach
Cloud Men, because they created hailstones, snowstorms, lightning and thunderstorm and winds which tossed and turned the peach around. The cloud men attacked the peach because they entered their territory and the peach is not one of them.