View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What action does Grandma Georgina want to take when the inhabitants of the Glass Elevator see the Commuter Capsule being attacked?
(a) She wants to try to forget what is happening.
(b) She wants to help the people inside.
(c) She wants to go back to the Bucket family's former home.
(d) She wants to go back to the chocolate factory.

2. What word does Mr. Bucket exclaim when he finds that his mother-in-law has regressed to the age of -2?
(a) Shucks.
(b) Huzzah.
(c) Hooray.
(d) Emergency.

3. What subject does the President request Miss Tibbs feature at the center of the piece he requests from her?
(a) Himself.
(b) The Dalai Lama.
(c) Knowledge.
(d) Peace.

4. About how many of the Space Hotel USA's staff are eaten by creatures?
(a) 3.
(b) 4 dozen.
(c) 100.
(d) 2 dozen.

5. What contraption had the Oompa-Loompa trying out Wonka-Vite relied upon for 15 years?
(a) A leg brace.
(b) Crutches.
(c) A walker.
(d) A wheelchair.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many years does a single pill of Wonka-Vite take off of someone's life, according to Willy Wonka?

2. What other role besides Chief Cook is the President's Chief Cook said to inhabit?

3. What is the television event monopolizing the time of an estimated 500 million people?

4. What sounds can the President hear as the hotel staff are being eaten?

5. What consequence had the President received for his bad behavior when he was a little boy?

Short Essay Questions

1. What clear signs of the science fiction genre are present within the text?

2. In what way does the character of Mr. Bucket undergo a major change in Chapter 15, entitled Good-bye, Georgina?

3. How is the theme of collectivism demonstrated within Grandpa Joe's part in helping to get the old ones to be more lively?

4. What problem is Mr. Wonka trying to solve in Chapter 13, entitled How Wonka-Vite Was Invented?

5. Discuss two characters who have an emotional reaction to Wonka-Vite's effects on the old ones.

6. Describe the appearance of Wonka-Vite.

7. What instructions does Mr. Wonka issue to the Great Glass Elevator's inhabitants when they are about to crash through the roof of the chocolate factory?

8. What is Roald Dahl's message concerning televsion audiences within the text?

9. In what way is Mr. Wonka portrayed as being skillful at lying?

10. What announcement does Mr. Wonka make about the value of the single bottle of Wonka-Vite?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 1,050 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample