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Grade:4 Comprehension Questions for Chapter 7-9 Teacher: Ms. Sumbal

Words/Phrases
Mammoth p 25
Spellbound p25
Twerp p25
Aunt Spiker Snapped p25
Whatsoever p25
Happening to overhear p 25
Towered over them p26
Midgets p26
Shovel p28
Watering at the mouth p28
Handle it right p28
Spread like wildfire p29
The two crafty women p29
Seething mass p31
Landing like wasps p31
Swarms p31
Money came rolling in p31
The likes of you p31
A dazzling sight p35
drawn by some powerful magnet p
35
Meaning
immensely large; huge; enormous
hold the complete attention of (someone) as
though by magic; fascinate
a silly or annoying person.
to say something suddenly in an angry way
used after a negative phrase to add emphasis to
the idea that is being expressed
to hear what other people are saying without
intending to
to be much higher or taller than the people or
things that are near
a person of extremely or exceptionally small
stature.
a tool resembling a spade with a broad blade and
typically upturned sides
a metaphoric term which means salivating when
one anticipates food
deal with it successfully
spread with great speed
clever at achieving aims by indirect or deceitful
methods
moving quickly around in small space, or full of
people doing this
Because wasps are born in the Spring, they
symbolize new beginnings and here, the coming of
helicopters signifies a new beginning for the aunts
who are looking for fame and money
a large or dense group of flying insects
to have money coming in vast amounts
people or things similar to (someone or something
specified)
very impressive or beautiful
attracted by it and wanted to go to it or look at it

1. How did the author describe the peach when it first started growing?
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2. What are the three things does the author compare the size of the peach as it keeps
growing?
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3. What three color were used to describe the skin of the peach?

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4. What did Aunt Spiker think they could get for the peach?

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5. What did the carpenters build and why?

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6. How were the aunts making money?

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7. Where was James when all of the townspeople were coming around?

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8. What did the Aunts order James to do?

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Grade:4 Comprehension Questions for Chapter 7-9 Teacher: Ms. Sumbal

9. What was it that James asked for, before doing what they told him?

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10. According to James, what are “most people – and especially children
scared of”?
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11. What seemed to be “alive with magic”?

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12. What did James see in the peach?

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